walking in circles

He hadn't meant to surprise the boy, but perhaps he had gotten a little closer than he thought initially. He blamed the crystal fucking up his vision, of course. It was hard enough to see in constant darkness, and even harder now that his eyes were leaking molten ooze and with crystals growing from one eye. He flicked an ear at the boy's words, wincing as the small, natural action made his head throb. "I do, and I hate to say it but I'm glad I'm not the only freakshow around here!" He shot back.

He shoved his face a little closer to the kid in an effort to get a better look at him and noticed that crystals were growing from both of his eyes. How unfortunate...while he wasn't one to really care about some random stranger, the light clicked on when he got a somewhat decent whiff of the boy. "It's Ifrit. I'm your cousin, but I forget your name. Looks like the loner life hasn't exactly treated you nicely," He commented, noting with a squint that the boy appeared pretty bony. Where were his parents? Shouldn't they be taking care of him? Or did they abandon their kids the moment the pack dispersed, too?

"Speech"