Together, we are so alone

The early evening sky overhead was rich with oranges and reds as the day began to draw to a close just as he was finishing up his last patrol of the day. Their new home was slightly easier to patrol since there was far less slopes and hills to deal with and there was no river to cross, but it was more spread out and made the patrol longer over all so he supposed there was a trade off between the two. At least the weather here was much more mild than the winter that Boreas was weathering this year. At this point he was willing to accept any small blessings he noticed and try to find some kind of joy in them.

He reached the center of the Starlit Plains on his way back to the castle and paused, turning to look back toward the sunset behind him. His pups would be expecting him back before they went to sleep so he couldn't linger here long, but it was still nice to take the small moment of silence as he watched the sun continue to set. Eventually he resigned himself to staying here long enough to see the brilliant stars that always put on such a show out here and settled onto his haunches to wait, rolling his shoulders as he tried to relax with a heavy sigh.

His trip to the Lazuli Falls had helped in the end and he felt less weighed down by his own grief, but the gap he felt in his life was still undeniable. After spending so much of his life alone, having someone to share it with had been a welcome change. He didn't want to admit it, but he was lonely with Azariah gone. At the same time, thinking of filling that hole was still far too painful. It put him into a situation with no real solution and felt like a nagging thorn in his side.

With a slight shake of his head, he pushed the conflicting thoughts out of his mind tried instead to focus on the shifting, slowly darkening colors of the sky in front of him.

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