Since You've Been Gone

His first birthday came and went and nothing really changed. He thought maybe once he was older he would start to feel something different, feel more capable maybe, but it just kind of felt like another day—much to his disappointment. Pan, to his credit, did try to cheer him him and would at least pester him to make sure he got out of bed and ate, but it just felt like the same routine over and over. There was a period of time where it felt like everything was turned on its head and thrown into orbit just to come crashing down and then after that there was just nothing. He followed his mother around, watched as his sister started venturing off on her own more and more which made him worry, and he struggled to even find the motivation to do the things he actually enjoyed like hunting and sparring. He had forced himself to get up and try more often now that they had moved to the gulley to be with his uncle. His mother, sister, and even Ocean and Chrystelle had seen him like this for long enough that he no longer really worried about what they thought of him, but his uncle and the wolves he kept around him were newer to him and the last thing he wanted was to have one of them come up to him asking if he was okay.

He wandered out to the near by prairie in hopes that maybe he might find something to hunt so he could at least make himself useful. Tira had gone out exploring again and his mother was spending time with Indigo so that left him the lone wolf on this little hunting trip. He wasn't sure what he'd be able to bring down on his own, but the prey hadn't exactly been very large or all that plentiful since the long night away. Maybe he'd just come up empty handed. It didn't seem like he was really alone though since he looked up from where his sapphire gaze was fixed on the ground and spotted a pale, icy colored girl with her attention focused on what looked like it would be pieces to a trap. He hesitated for a moment since interacting with someone else didn't exactly feel like a good idea in the moment, but he knew that hunting was easier in pairs so maybe it would benefit them both.

Arc walked over to her, making sure to come around so that she could see him approaching, not wanting to startle her. "Hey, um... Do you want some help with that?" he asked when he got closer, giving a nod to the hole she had just started to dig. If nothing else at least he could say he tried to help even if she denied his offer, but he couldn't imagine someone turning down an offer to help dig when it was already such a chore.

"Arcturus Fatalis"