Lo, There Do I See My Brother

Chade couldn’t find words to reply to Ricin at first.  ‘lo there’? then repeated the statement twice? There was no attempt to hide the puzzled expression on his face.  Honestly, did Ricin really want them traveling down memory lane about the hard past they had?  Then he finishes it with a bite to his paw?  Maybe the moon had made his brother ill?  It could melt crystals and mushrooms apparently.

Chade left his brother hanging for a second, not to be rude or want anything uncomfy but this had just come out of nowhere and Chade was far less impulsive than his brother.  The first part had been too storyteller’sh for Chade but the last part struck a tender spot more.  After another moment of solemn thought, Chade lifted a paw, biting his own toe, pressing it up against Ricin’s paw.

The darker blue pup wasn’t too sure about listening to the moon but, he gave it a glance before looking at Ricin, still having words for him all the same. “We are one Ricin.  Blood, heart, and every breath of life in me is also yours.” Solem words deserved to be responded to and so the young pup assured Ricin of their closeness.  "So,” Ricin had made a point of fancy words to mention the moon but that wasn’t Chade, “by the moon’s light I’ll swear to you Ricin, I will let no more tragedy touch you.  We travel together.” One more mention of the moon probably was fitting, “by the moons…” the moons what?  This would seem silly if the words weren’t so serious and if the moon hadn’t shriveled up those crystals, “by the moonssss, oh by the moon, I swear even in death I’ll travel with you even then.” He’d sounded irritated trying to figure out what to say about the moon, but once done the voice had gone back to solemn and serious.  Why not mention after death?  Ghosts were clearly real so it made sense when one died the other go with him.

Chade lowered his paw, setting it back on the ground.  Chade really wasn’t sure about the moon’s part in it but the words between them did seem to have a weight to them that granted some inner peace with the clarity of a set goal and meaning to life.  So, were they done?


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