Marked

Perhaps he had been hearing things? A trick of the wind? Maybe it was a combination of the wind through the trees and water against the rocks making a sound that seemed like a voice? Bane still tilted his head slightly to the right though and squinted his remaining eye at the trees. Was it somebody who had just fallen into the river? A shiver was given at the thought. A death cry, one of helplessness and fear as the waters dragged them along down the river, eventually drowning them or letting them go to paddle to shore with what energy they had. If any at all. Bane reflected on the subject of death for a moment and what it meant to him.

It meant it was an inevitability. The only common fate even animal had. It was all part of life, the end of all things. Anais's sudden appearance seriously changed those grim thoughts, tongue slightly poking out of his muzzle with the startled jaw drop he gave. The hell? What? Why the hell was his daughter here?

Anais was like Bane upon meeting Tahlia alone for the first time after his banishment. She wiggled and licked his muzzle like the excited pup she was, a smile, not nearly as big as his daughter's, found it's way across his muzzle. Her affectionate gestures were returned with a few licks of his own. "What are you doing here?" Bane pawed at his whining and yipping daughter to get her to settle down. He gave a sigh and sat down as she still nuzzled and licked his muzzle, knowing it would be a few moments before she would calm down.