intrepid explorers experience an impasse

Really, family couldn’t have held less value to the rust marked boy, he didn’t want them at his back. Nysa had been heavy handed in her involvement in his life, and now that he was free? He didn’t want anything to do with her or any that shared his name. He was all for one and that one was him and he wanted it all. Oxide was out to see the world, he wasn’t about to let anyone slow him down. Especially not family.

Eris joked with him as he mentioned his observations, noting that everyone would be preserved in the sand pits. He managed to crack a smile, amused with her words and how much she had seemed to relax around him. ”Who says you have to settle down?” He asked her, pushing his own thoughts on her just a little. There would be no permanent home for him, he would live and die a vagabond. She pressed a little further, asking a more personal question of him as he continued to lead them forward.

They were closing in on the border of the pits, soon enough they’d be back to safety and he’d be able to bid her farewell until he called upon his debt. ”Freedom.” He answered her simply, his voice losing the superior tones he’d used earlier. ”My paws take me where they want to go,” He had little other purpose than to follow the wind. The boy had no real ties and no responsibilities.