Firefly Man Take Me Now

He wants to lash out. The urge to strike the girls for defying him, for putting themselves in harms way, nearly overrides his near to protect them. His frenzied eyes dart back and forth between the two for a few seconds, his breath picking up pace as panic encases him. Dull claws dig into the soft earth beneath him as he takes a step back. Lips still curled upward to show bared teeth and revealed fangs. Why don't they understand? Frustration blurs the lines, he wants to strike, but it is Siduri's soft words that force his heart to clench, pain sweeping through him. The violence was the reason why his daughter didn't trust herself. He was the reason.

An exhausted sigh exhales from his lips as he relaxes, shoulders drooping as he continues to look back and forth. m, he notices the weary and terrified etched carving.

"Fine. Stay by my side," there is still a clipped edge to his tone, his fur still bristled ever so slightly. Untrusting of himself. Of their surroundings. Of... him. What if he was going to return?

Trying to ignore the paranoia that seeps into him, Gil turns from the girls. His yellow gaze, while still nervous, flicks over to the towering spires. Definitely had not been here the other day... He would have noticed them on his patrol through the his own territory. m, he notices the weary and terrified etched carving.

"Investigate if you must, but try not to anger them," Gil warns, his voice sour and agitated as he stalks toward the closest spire. Reaching out a paw to wipe some dirt away from the bottom, he notices the weary and terrified etched carving.

"speech"