phoenix from flame

Tornadic’s features fell at her sullen response. He couldn’t see the tears but could smell them welling in her eyes and the despair as she spoke. Silently he shifted closer to her and turned himself in a brief circle before settling down beside her, his heart pounding with concern. For a moment his childlike brain wondered if she was crying for him before he decided that was stupid. They didn’t know each other very well. “I’m sorry.” He said, not quite sure why he was apologizing or what for but instinctively feeling like it was something she needed to hear. He looked at his paws as he laid beside her unsure if being any closer or attempting to touch her would be welcome or not. Instead he held an awkward silence, his stomach twisting nervously into knots.

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