Superiority {Joining}

She almost couldn't believe her ears when that all too familiar voice called out for someone to greet it. Phobebe had been wallowing in a deep pit of self pity and loneliness, but hearing his voice shone a little bit of light into her depression. She had resigned herself to think that her brother was gone forever and that, along with the man that she had thought to be the love of her life being gone and the death of one of her nephews, had pulled her down, down, down. Now, she blinked open her eyes and her head shot up with shock. Was it really him? Was her mind playing tricks on her?

She rose and pulled herself out of her den, her russet paws moving swiftly toward the call. As eager as she was to get there, there was a hesitation as well. She was afraid to see that it wasn't really him, that she really had imagined it. She needed a piece of hope and desperately wanted this to be real.

As she arrived she saw Helios first, her older brother a welcome sight, but not who she wanted to see. She looked just past Helios and there he was. She stopped in her tracks several feet away, purely in shock. "Atlas?" she questioned softly, blinking as she tried to believe her eyes. Slowly her mind accepted it and a smile spread across her face. She rushed forward suddenly, calling, "Atlas!" Phoebe nearly rammed into her brother, skidding to a halt just in time so she could nuzzle him affectionately, her tail wagging wildly behind her. "Atlas! You're here! I've missed you so much! Where have you-" She stopped just as suddenly as she began, her mood suddenly shifting to one of irritation. She looked at him with a scowl, lifting her forepaw to hit him on the shoulder. "Where have you been!"



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