Dominus stared into her smiling portrait for a while, focusing solely on her gentle presence while she offered him the opportunity to do so. It took some staring into that smile to convince him that he could begin to let his guard down, but slowly.. he did. He could feel the tension that had built up due to his concern slowly reside as her words calmed him and helped him come to terms with the changes that had happened, and to see her the same as he had the last time they had met. After he let go, it was easy to remember her the same while he listened to the soft tone of her voice and admired the bright ivory of her pelt while digesting each word. He missed her. It was fun having a newbie to guide, and she was so bright and innocent. Easy to bully.
"Oh, that is not because of me. That is because you are as strong as you are kind, Altair. I only showed you how to hunt, I didn't make you a successful provider. That was you." She gave him what he felt like undeserved credit for aiding her family, he really only ever taught her how to hunt for herself. He hadn't even been able to be there for his own siblings, so she was already doing a far better job providing than he had. It didn't feel right to accept credit due to this, and his usually confident appearance was beginning to crack under to the guilt of it. Whatever compliments she had for him, he wanted to try and distract her from.
"I regret teaching you hunting but not fighting. Defending yourself and being aware of danger are very important parts of living independently. When you told me you left Winterfell last time, I should have stuck around with you." The goliath was careful as he pulled away from her and took a step back, putting distance once again between them. He was stubborn with his apology it seemed, so much so that even her sweetness couldn't sway him from the sense of neglected responsibility he was feeling.
"So what is your plan now, stay in Winterfell forever?" He couldn't hide the distaste in his tone, but he had his own reasons. He wouldn't blame her for wanting to remain with a pack now that she had this happen. He looked at her though now with sadness, as he slowly began to realize that he may have missed his chance to have her free of the shackles that came with belonging somewhere. For as often as he was lonely and wondered what pack life would have been like, he sure couldn't ever imagine not being able to think freely again.
Dominus has a black snake that stalks him. Unless mentioned already by me, it is welcomed to powerplay this snake and allow your character to notice it somewhere in your posts. Dominus says bad words, he can also be very unstable. All Dominus' threads are mature.
