Common ground but it's shakey
Andy and Charlie
04-05-2024, 11:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2024, 11:10 AM by Crux. Edited 2 times in total.)
His future had never felt shakier, and Crux wasn't sure what his next plans were... And he wanted as many of his litter mates to help as he could get. And frankly he owed Charlie an apology... He'd taken his anger out on his brother, and the retort Charlie had thrown back had carried some truth. He wasn't going to apologize for taking Stratum, for choosing Kite but his brother hadn't deserved what he'd been given.
Crux sighed, wishing there was an easier way to deal with this. He knew he was close enough now that if his siblings were in the packlands he'd at least be heard... Crux could only hope they'd choose to respond. Tipping his head back Crux called for Charlie and Andy, his voice melancholic and hurting and filled with guilt.
It wasn't really a conversation he wanted to have, least of all with his brother. Because frankly he knew it would hurt Charlie and he was going to struggle not to get emotional about it himself. He could love his brother, could appreciate that he wanted to help and could wish Charlie wouldn't act like he was going to snap like a twig at the slightest challenge. He could love his brother and not want to worry him more than he already, needlessly, did. He could want to protect his pride, because yeah, he did have that it turned out.
And then there was his sister. His feelings around her were somehow both more and less confusing. He didn't have quite the same resentment as he did for Charlie but he wasn't exactly fond of the way Andy had handled things either. Fence sitting, playing nice... It rankled him. Crux had to remind himself that they couldn't understand. They got the luxury of treating their nephew like he was safe. A wolf who'd broken another wolf's leg, accidentally or not. And they got to pretend that wasn't unhinged. Crux didn't. Because like it or not he was disabled, and a wolf that would disable another like that? They would do more damage to him, to Stratum, to Kite than any of his able-bodied siblings could imagine.
Yeah this was going to be a hard conversation.
"Speech"
Crux sighed, wishing there was an easier way to deal with this. He knew he was close enough now that if his siblings were in the packlands he'd at least be heard... Crux could only hope they'd choose to respond. Tipping his head back Crux called for Charlie and Andy, his voice melancholic and hurting and filled with guilt.
It wasn't really a conversation he wanted to have, least of all with his brother. Because frankly he knew it would hurt Charlie and he was going to struggle not to get emotional about it himself. He could love his brother, could appreciate that he wanted to help and could wish Charlie wouldn't act like he was going to snap like a twig at the slightest challenge. He could love his brother and not want to worry him more than he already, needlessly, did. He could want to protect his pride, because yeah, he did have that it turned out.
And then there was his sister. His feelings around her were somehow both more and less confusing. He didn't have quite the same resentment as he did for Charlie but he wasn't exactly fond of the way Andy had handled things either. Fence sitting, playing nice... It rankled him. Crux had to remind himself that they couldn't understand. They got the luxury of treating their nephew like he was safe. A wolf who'd broken another wolf's leg, accidentally or not. And they got to pretend that wasn't unhinged. Crux didn't. Because like it or not he was disabled, and a wolf that would disable another like that? They would do more damage to him, to Stratum, to Kite than any of his able-bodied siblings could imagine.
Yeah this was going to be a hard conversation.
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Crux has a 6 inch long burn scar on his throat, most of his art does not reflect this.
Crux has a 6 inch long burn scar on his throat, most of his art does not reflect this.
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