Trample upon me all you wish, I won't give up
07-31-2013, 07:13 PM
The tri-colored warrior remained speechless and all the more bewildered as his eyes confirmed that it was the female he had met previously. Though it took him a minute to compose himself after his initial shock, he scrambled to his feet and took a few steps back, head lowered to avert his gaze from her. Ears laid back atop his brown skull, shoulders dropped and tail low as an indication that he was not hostile. Not this time. Not again...He bit his tongue, what would she think? Would she yell at him for having saved her life? What the hell was she doing in the first place? Waiting for the herd to trample her to death? He shut his eyes tightly as he thought...the last time he had seen her, was when he looked back over his shoulders at her hunched figure crying into the dust. Her nephew trying to comfort her after she had told the story of his father. That scene had pulled his heart, making him ache something terrible...a feeling he hadn't felt since he was a cub. He didn't fully understand why he felt that way, he had never felt like that before...gritting his teeth, expecting some kind of attack or sharp bite of her words, he realized, after a moment, that none came...instead, a different voice had met him. One he hadn't heard, not from her. "I'm sorry..." Audits rotated halfway towards her, eyes opened up and stared at the ground in shock. Did...he just hear her right? He slowly glanced up at her, ice blue eyes meeting her grey ones for the first time without hostility reflected in them. His body throbbed painfully, but he pushed it to the back of his mind as best as he could as he looked at her. Something was completely different now...she didn't seem the way she was before. No, this time... He looked at her, eyes resting on her own as she stepped towards him. He remained where he was, unmoving as she neared him. His heart pounded hard against his chest. Not sure why, though mostly due to nervousness perhaps...He wasn't exactly sure what to do. Ears moved forward, taking in her voice now as he became slightly less tensed. Sorry...? Why is she apologizing? I intruded on her life... He took a step towards her. Slowly, little by little he carefully edged towards her until he came to stand just in front of her. He could see her emotions coming off in waves...why did she look so...pained? He took in a breath, daring to ask the question that began to rack his mind. He knew that if he didn't ask, it'd build up into him. And now, he felt was the time to say it. "You don't have to apologize for anything, Loccian. I...don't know why you are apologizing, but...whatever it is, it's my fault anyhow. His voice had come out low. He leaned down to look into her eyes, the ones he found to be quite intriguing. He replaced his usual stand offish gaze with an attempt at a softer one. He decided he would wait to ask her why she was here...instead, he glanced at his pelt. Noticing the hoof marks on his coat, and shivered. If he had gotten trampled anymore, the beasts would have crushed his rib cage. "I'm not sure...my whole body feels pained, my chest especially...I don't know if they broke a rib though...is it possible they could have? There was a bull that slammed his weight on me and...it hurts when I breath." The adrenaline had finally left his body, now leaving him at the mercy of the pain that was bestowed onto his body by the bison. He figured if he did have a broken rib, he would feel it long after the rest of his soreness went away. Would she help him if he was hurt? He had never dealt with a broken bone before, and wasn't sure about what do with a broken rib...he just knew that this new injury would probably affect his breathing for a while. But who was he to say? He waited for her response, and hopefully, he'd be able to ask her why she was here...and maybe find out why she looked so hurt and defeated...That, was what he wanted to know the most. He didn't quite understand why he wanted to know so bad, or why he was so concerned...but she reminded him so much of himself...though he never admitted to anyone, he was lonely and always hiding his heart away. Never allowing anyone in for Fear....the fear of being hurt like so many years ago. He didn't want to lose himself anymore then he already had, and knew that if he came across someone who could help rebuild himself, it would devastate him if he lost such a person. But...that was something he wouldn't admit. Not to anyone. Unless of course, he found someone worth telling...but as it was, he wasn't so sure about who that might be. Speech Thoughts You |