Years too late

Hikaru woke groggily as Mortis suddenly left his side and the den site in the middle of the night. He blinked open his eyes in confusion and hesitantly followed after the winged man he loved. They were supposed to be in quarantine here so he felt a bit worried as Mortis started heading straight for the border. Then his voice was in his ears, a howl seeking out his mother. Hika only had a vague understanding of what happened to Mort’s mother, but even so the realization that he was hallucinating took only a moment to sink in. Mortis was sick with the blight disease.

He rushed forward but not fast enough to prevent the confrontation between father and son. Mortis didn’t recognize the healer at all, so he doubted that he would recognize him. Still, between the two of them they should be able to calm him or at least bind Mortis so he didn’t get everyone in the Col sick.

The koi marked wolf rushed forward to stand in his way beside Oleander. "Mortis, please, stop. She’s not this way.” He tried to play in to the hallucination instead of trying to break him out of it. At least they could get him turned around he hoped.

"Speech"