Never thought I'd find you here

Kichi responded stating he knew what happened, and at first, Alastor was surprised. That surprise swiftly faded when Kichi once again repeated the lie that Lurid had drilled into his head since he was a pup. Killed in a hunting accident. Oh yes, how convenient... But a pup wouldn't think to question the reality he was given. A pup would have no reason to distrust the word of an adult. A man, however... Alastor saw the gears turning behind Kichi's blue eyes as he pieced the puzzle together himself. Maybe it was just the logic lining up, or maybe it was something in Alastor's skeptical expression that tipped him off. Either way, Kichi led himself to the truth, slowly but surely.

"Lurid killed them." Alastor nodded his head assent. "And you knew." "Not right away," he corrected the lad, but were they just arguing semantics at this point? Did it truly matter when he'd found out about Lurid's double homicide? "She didn't tell me until after we'd become a family, after I got to know you. She told me shortly before she ran off with you. Part of me always wondered if she did it because she didn't trust me to keep her secret." Alastor exhaled a heavy sigh and reclined his haunches to sit on the snowy ground, bushy black tail coming around to wrap around his paws. "Every malady that afflicted your life was by Lurid's design. You saw exactly what she wanted you to see. From your parents' murders to her abduction of you. She wanted you as hers, and so she took you."

That was that. The simple fact of the matter. How would Kichi take it? Part of Alastor expected the boy to explode, lash out, maybe even attack him. He was prepared for whatever outburst would follow.


"Alastor"