Cold North Winds

It was no surprise that Crux would be among the last of his siblings to arrive, even if he hadn't been in the middle of putting the finishing touches on his clinic space, meaning he had to wash the mix of torn leaves off his paws before he headed out. Soon enough it'd be in a state where he'd be comfortable showing it to his father and making his choice of path clear, but not yet, not quite yet. If he was being honest the only reason it ever would be in a state he'd bee willing to show to his father was because Riya had made him promise to set an end point, if he had his way he'd simply never stop tweaking it... But then it'd be of no use to anyone would it? Crux sighed as he pulled his paws from the cool pool in the main cave. Riya gave him a quick nod, turning back to what she was doing, she'd keep working while he went off to answer his father's summons, he'd fill her in on anything she needed to know.

So he made his way towards the meeting spot, somehow still there before Dread... Little victories. He almost instinctively sought out the shape of his older brother but he hadn't failed to notice that Azure had been scarce as of late, it left him with a mixture of feelings. For him it meant that he didn't need to worry as much about his older brother deciding to brutalize him seemingly just for fun, but he understood how this could have been hurting his father, the death of his mother still felt like a fresh wound to him so of course he couldn't imagine what it was like for the warlord to have lost his wife so recently and to have his son seemingly disappear... Or maybe he could... He missed Vanta after all. Crux made his way towards the group that was his litter mates, a small smile tugging at his lips. How did they always seem to stand out, or was it just that way to him? Either way Crux approached. "Hey!" He offered as a general greeting for the whole group, before he moved behind Stratum, gently brushing Kite to let her know he was there and settling on the other side of his bigger brother from Andy. He looked up at Stratum, he'd noticed the anxiety in his brother at their party too, was he okay?

"Speech"