all a matter of perspective
08-12-2013, 08:49 PM
~*~ Silverback awaited his response, half facing him, half watching the cliff. There was shock, cold, perhaps numbing shock etched on his features. His first words on the subject, were almost comical. But Silverback was in earnest and she preferred that her captive have a sense of reality. There was an obvious delay of reaction, but it did come. The weight of it all seemed to settle slowly on him. And he murmured out exactly what he was. Silverback wasn't about to contradict him, or even sugar coat it. She wasn't insane. She knew exactly what she was doing and exactly how hard it was going to be on her chosen ones. The only thing that might've made it less grave in her mind was her prejudice that canines on the whole were a lesser life form. But other than that? She had no illusions. This wasn't about their comfort, it was about hers. She needed companionship. Solitary or no, her heart yearned for someone to talk to. Had her species been at the numbers it was meant to, by now she would've been mated to at least once, and perhaps be walking around with a pair of fuzzy grey cubs at her side. But that wasn't to be. She'd left her territory to search out another of her kind and she'd found none. Life had been unfair to her, and frankly she didn't care if some others were inconvenienced in order to right that wrong. However, if all went well, Silverback could see herself becoming quite attached to her play things. That was the point after all. If they proved worth the effort, she would do what she could to make their lives not too boring. But that was all after thought. The dog's gaze slipped away from hers as he fell into thought. The snow leopard once more collected her hind legs and sat, her elongated tail, threading along the ground to hang over the cliff lip into empty space. "It will take time to settle in," she murmured after a long wait. Whether she meant him settling into the cave, or reality settling into his mind, was left open for her interpretation. He would have questions, perhaps insults, perhaps threats, perhaps whines and pleading. Silverback was unlikely to be reached by any of them, but she prepared all the same. |