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is this really necessary...

The stranger greeted him well enough, seeming kind in the ways in which he spoke. Gus still kept his eyes trained on him, narrowing slightly as he tried to figure out his next move. He did seem to be family, related in what manner though he wasn't quite sure. There was something inside him that told him that it was okay, something that the young male didn't feel too often. While the unknown could be fun to explore, he was not blind to the dangers that it could pose. Despite those thoughts, he felt himself tense as the other neared, only to relax slightly when he asked if he himself was an Adravendi. "You're right, I am," he said warily, pulling his mottled body out from behind the mangrove. "Astralagus Adonis Adravendi," Astra said with pride, his chest inflating as he took a few steps closer to the other. It was a fun alliteration, all his a's lining up as he stated his full name, baby blues softening as he looked the spotted male up and down. This felt... okay, right, so he had to be family, right? Gus wasn't usually comfortable around those he didn't know, but he could already start to feel his anxieties slip away.

Pulling himself fully out from behind the high rooted tree, the child felt his tail pick up and give a few wags. As he eased into himself more, the need to ask the male a million questions started to nip at his tongue. Who were his parents? How were the two of them lined up? How did the mangroves grow here, in the sands that shifted so frequently. Was that why the roots were overexposed? He bit his lip slightly, just barely withholding the questions that were burning inside him. He needed to be cool, calm, and collected. That's what was expected of him now that he was a yearling, right? He wasn't a child anymore, and shouldn't act as such. But wait... Gus felt a single brow raise as he looked at the earthen coloured male, his body freezing. "Wait. How did you know I was an Adravendi?" He had a feeling, a small inkling, but the other seemed so much more sure in his conviction of who he was. Was it something that came with age, or was Gus missing more information than he had hoped?

Astralagus Adonis Adravendi