Sharing the news

Kotori didn’t see his sister often enough to have grown used to her tail now being so long.  It took a moment to remember what had happened to her after the long night.  Lots of strange things had happened then.  Kotori’s grin met Briar’s as she spotted him.

Briar greeted him with a comment on his new injuries and a gentle embrace.   Kotori had a notion of nudging her with his muzzle to assure her he was fine but the muzzle was one of the injured items.  Instead, he lowered his head further and tilted his head to press a side of his forehead up against her for a moment, a chuckle in the back of his throat at her words.  "It's good to see you again Briar.  You look great."

Kotori followed along with Briar, glad for a chance to spend a little time with her.  It had been a long time since the two had time to chat really.  There had been the wedding but his one conversation with her had been of bitter words of an unfortunate turn of events.  It had also been a celebration with wolves all over about the place and now it was just brother and sister.

“Oh yeah, it was a great fight.  Honestly, I lost the battle.” It might have been a humble-sounding statement but there was the expected level of proud confidence in the tone.  “It was a battle over land.  I’ve left the Armada Briar.  On good terms, of course, dad didn’t even try to argue it.  I’m going to start my own pack.  I wanted to make sure you heard about it from me first.  The other wolf, Corbie, I guarantee she took away her own share of damage but she got a few good shots in.”

"Kotori Fatalis"