Show me the way
Asla
Bulwark
Bard
05-02-2021, 03:39 PM
Briar immediately nodded in agreement when Asla instructed her to be careful around their father and to stay away from him at night. She would have done that even without her sister's direction to do so. In fact, she was pretty sure she was going to be staying away from him entirely for a while. She had to wonder how long it would take for him to 'sort himself out' as Asla put it. What would happen if he never sorted himself out? Was she ever going to feel safe around him again? That possibility hit her harder than when she heard that Zee and Azure were gone. She had always been closer to her father - something that she felt was pretty true of most of her siblings as well. She refocused her attention on Asla when she invited her to stay in her den and offered the star den near by. The relief at that was palpable and she was was sure it showed in her expression as a quiet sigh passing her lips. All she really wanted was an escape right now and the idea of going back to the den that she shared with her littermates and father certainly didn't feel like that. She felt certain that her father wouldn't go to sleep in there anyway, at least not on purpose after what had happened with her, but it still felt better to be avoid it all together. A slight smile tugged at her lips and she nodded again when she told her to let her other siblings know they could do the same. "I will." She knew some of her littermates held more animosity toward Asla than she did so she wasn't sure the others would listen, but she'd pass along the invitation all the same. A bit of disbelief and uncertainty flicked across her face to Asla telling her that their father was being over dramatic. Could that really be all it was? The look she had seen on his face said otherwise, but she still couldn't quite make out what it meant so she tried to just let it go at her sister's insistence. She was just glad that Asla said she would speak to him. That seemed to be the next best step anyway. She wanted to help their dad so badly but she didn't know how so all she could hope to do was hand the worry over to her older sister for a while. "Thank you, Asla," she replied genuinely and sincerely. Most of her usual bravado had been stripped away and at this point she didn't know when she'd get it back. |
