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He'd been patrolling when he heard a call for him at the border. However, he didn't recognize the voice. He altered his course to find out who it was that was calling for him, and it didn't take him very long to arrive. Crimson gaze found a dark, hulking figure standing at the edge of the pines and he didn't immediately recognize who it was. At first, he thought Dominus. He had smelled the boy in the surrounding lands but hadn't seen him since the night at the Volcano when Elias had killed Domina. But...it wasn't him. He decided to approach, the titan male keeping his crimson gaze on the hulking youth. Drawing in his scent, he could tell that he was related, but...he racked his brain, and then it dawned on him. This boy smelled very faintly like Ignis. And that's when he figured it out. "Casso?"

Never did he think he'd see this boy alive. He thought perhaps Elias had gotten a hold of him before returning to Boreas and killed him just like he had killed Domina. His heart pounded as he stood in disbelief, but he did not approach nor move a muscle. He had no idea what Casso's upbringing had been since the last time they saw each other. Whether he had chosen to follow in Elias' foot steps or not. He was apprehensive, yes. Cautious mostly. Elias had fallen off the deep end before he had killed him, and he desperately hoped Casso had chosen not to walk that path...