A long time coming

Mojito · Updated 04/30/23:

It seemed at least, Asla's endorsement was enough to earn him passage but the relief of that moment was quickly replaced with a tidal wave of emotions. The approach of an all too familiar figure, she was grown now, he'd seen her when she'd been a young adult and she was hardly different from then but to his eyes it was like seeing her for the first time, she'd grown into such a beautiful young woman. He couldn't help but watch as his daughter approached though he tried to keep his focus on Kotori it took him a moment too long to drag his attention away from Satira, he had managed to clamp down on his emotions enough to keep them from playing across his face however, at least after the initial moment he'd seen her when he was sure he'd lit up in the most obvious fashion. He was doing his best to ride it out, the pride, the joy, the guilt, the anxiety, all of it battering at him. He failed to stop the light wagging of his tail though. For whatever choice she would make he would simply be glad that she'd shown up at all. He didn't even deserve to ask that much of her but it made him happy nonetheless.

Kotori ran through some quick expectations and Mojito nodded, he was used to having to prove himself, it wasn't exactly ideal of course, he had hoped that Sirius' initial endorsement would have helped but he wasn't starting from nothing and once he got his bearings about him he hoped he could prove himself more than useful... For however long he needed to.

And that was that, he'd found himself a place to rest, a place to let himself heal, (the still angry red marks of Azure's teeth on his muzzle stood starkly against his white coat, luckily they were superficial and not infected a few more days and they'd fade from view by his estimation) a place to figure out what came next... But right this second? Well right this second he felt like he was about to jump from the pan to the fire. He gave Kotori a gracious dip of his head and made to move past the border, take the young man's advice and get himself settled but standing between him and that was Satira... Almost literally. He ached to run to her and hold her and apologize for not having been there, for not being enough, but he didn't... Wouldn't. Couldn't. He'd missed it but she was a woman grown, and he had no intentions of disrespecting that. He shuffled awkwardly, moving at an odd pace in her general direction, though she was not his final destination, no he fully planned to walk past if she showed no desire to stop him, he'd acknowledge her at least in that case, a nod of the head, the slightest of smiles, whatever he thought would make it clear he wasn't simply ignoring her. He wanted to give her space, give her control of this situation and let her approach whenever she felt ready, if she ever did. But he also didn't want to seem he was brushing her off, because yeah frankly he was hopping he'd be stopped. And so his in between speed, too slow to appear as though he wanted to avoid her but just too fast to be drawing it out...

”Speech” ’Thought’

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A long time coming

Kotori and Tira if she wants

Mojito