Never thought I'd see you again

Ulric was looking out over the waves when a voice said his name, making his ears perk. For a moment he thought that perhaps it was one of the newer additions to the pack that he didn't know well enough to know their voice so when he turned to face whoever it was he had a small, pleasant smile on his face. His silver gaze found the matching silver gaze of his father. His smile slipped away, blinking and giving his head a shake. He had heard about Resin's sudden and brief reappearance, the ghostly figure of the former Aegis roaming the castle for a bit of time, but he had never even considered someone from his own life reappearing like this. But when he opened his eyes again Ganta's etherial form was still standing in front of him on the shimmering sands of the beach and he frowned, his ears flicking uncertainly. The last time he encountered his father in the form of a dream it hadn't gone well, leading him to the fight that had fractured his relationship with his sister and gave him the beginning of the scars that marred one side of his face. If there was anyone that he had no interest in seeing again it was his father.

Even still, when Ganta told him that he had information that he deserved to know Ulric couldn't help but sigh and resign himself to stand there and listen, giving a small shake of his head and looking at the sand between them. He was an older man now since the last time he encountered the smaller, pale man. So much had happened in that time, so much love found and lost, children had and found, loved ones lost... He wasn't the reactive man he once was. He knew now what it was like to have someone worth putting ahead of anything else and holding the few he had close. After taking a calming breath he lifted his gaze back to Ganta's, giving him a small frown. "What is it?"

Ulric Adravendi