I wanna be like you-u-u

The suspicion in the boy's young face did not exactly disappear as his uncle explained away his concerns, his brows squeezing downwards tighter in further confusion. "Does.." He began, before glancing around to see if Uncle Eli was nearby. "Does that make you more special then my other uncles?" Surely if Abraxas was to put another Pyrrhic upon the earth it was a meaningful choice. Like Deus was given two dads instead of just one. Had anyone told Danta yet? He reminded himself firmly to go see her afterwards and hear what she had to say on it.

Deus' attention was returned to the squirrel and with a dismissive distracted glance towards it his answer was quick to come. "Yeah, sure." He started, then suddenly the fur upon his body bristled with alarm and the pup panicked to take back his approval. Tiny paws were thrown skyward and waved rapidly before the man as if Deus had the power to prevent Aureus from moving towards the critter. "No, wait! It'll make my mum said, nobody can eat it." That was close! The doppelganger had distracted him enough to make him forget why he couldn't eat the squirrel in the first place.


"Speech"