far from the tree

He missed closeness to his brothers, and now Azure was... gone, and Indigo was a stranger. It struck Mortis in a flash of emotion, the loneliness he was mostly able to shuck off in Hikas presence. He wanted desperately to have a chance at a redo, to find a way to keep his family together. To be enough for Indigo, to have understood Azure. To have been strong enough to keep them with him. He let out a soft sigh, shivering in the cool air. He wrapped his wings about him. "That's Hika, he's a friend. He helps me feel less lost in the storm." The storm of their loss, and loneliness, and the way their loves had fractured since puphood.

"Stay a while, Indigo, tell me what you've been up to?" He wanted to go after Hika, but more then that, he wanted to reach out to Indigo. To try and bring back some of what he had lost. Hika would still be there at the end of the day, but Indigo wouldn't be.