Audra's funeral wasn't something Sota was especially looking forward to, and hearing Artorias call for them to gather made an uncomfortable shiver run up his spine. Funerals were not something he was accustomed to - back home, he'd seen a few wolves pass on before and their bodies were simply left to return to nature. Doing so wasn't an act of carelessness or disrespect whatsoever, not in the way some wolves here might see it. The pyre that stood tall in the distance felt strange to him, though he knew he could not always reconcile his upbringing with the views of the wolves he now lived alongside. It wouldn't bother him for long, though. He knew Audra was well-loved, and her funeral had been prepared with just as much love and care as he could wish for.
The rain that drizzled around him was an eerie match to his own downcast mood. Kaito, his little lemur companion (as picky as he was about the rain) had even come along for the short trip out to the plains, clinging tightly to his neck all the while. He only stirred as they stood there solemnly, finally releasing his grip on the tiny wolf to climb beneath him and block some of the rain. Sota lingered for a long while on his own before finding Laeta, one of his closer friends, Kaito scurrying along beneath him.
He had little to say, though he sat beside her and leaned lightly into her shoulder, hoping the gesture would be well-received. Already he found tears beginning to form in his eyes, both at her passing and the wolves that had gathered here to pay their respects to her. The mark she'd left on all of their lives was unmistakable, and he knew she wouldn't ever be forgotten - his tears were both ones of grief as well as joy, of celebration for the way she'd enriched all their lives and tied them all closer together even in the afterlife.
Sota has a male bamboo lemur companion named Kaito, he's sometimes nearby but usually only if stated!
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