i dare not go, for if i do, my mother will say...

Tarnish's claws lashed out at the older boys face, forcing him to turn his head away and in doing so lifting his upper body to keep far enough away from the taller boy's long limbs. It was taking all his energy and concentration to keep the other's fangs from him. Out of the corner of his eye he could see his companion, Eyra, saunter over and sit down, licking his paw in the usual manner of a bored cat. "I think he's got you."

"The fuck he has! Eyra you're supposed to help me!" The cat said and did nothing while the anger burned hot in his stomach. But it was at that moment, past his companion he caught sight of Siduri slumping to the ground, bright red blood stark against her white fur. "SID!" His heart leaps in his throat and using the leverage of the boy leaning away from him and his hind legs on the other's lower abdomen, Tarnish slips out from under the older boy, dashing across to his sister. "She alive right! Jael?"

In many ways raids were just a game in his mind. They'd go and fight a bunch of strangers. It didn't cross his mind that anyone could ever die from a fight but seeing his sister's limp form made him suddenly feel sick to his stomach.

-exit following Jael-



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