closed the blinds and made goddamn sure we could never see the sun

Dainty paws approached, he only barely caught the sound of susurrating grasses underpaw as they neared him. The wind was not in the godlings favour, so he wasn't certain who it was. Not many had come to visit the shrine since his arrival, except perhaps to nab some of their belongings when he'd stepped away. It didn't bother him much, it felt much like what life had been like when he'd been younger. Before the Fall. The dark furred yearling did, however, recognize the soft voice that spoke up just behind him. He spun about with a smile on his face, only to find Ikigai looking far worse for wear than he had expected. Hadn't she been getting better since the plague? Concern pinched his painted brows, tall ears drooped to either side of his slender skull as he lowered his chin and took a few hesitant steps closer.

"You don't seem pleased to see me," he crooned gently, drawing scant few inches away from his cousin and trying to search her downturned features for some clue to the source of her melancholy disposition. "is everything alright?" gentle lyrics offered up the question rather tentatively, wary of the response he might garner from his beloved cousin. He had assumed she would be overjoyed to see him back, and so he was completely thrown off by this reaction.

"Pontifex" || "Hallux" || "others"