Lets dance, baby

Rest. He needed rest. Yesterday he had been attacked, blind sided by a northerner. All that stress and worry that had slowly begun to melt off his shoulders in his time away from work was back tenfold and he felt uneasy, nervous even. Everything hurt. He was sore and he could barely move his neck without disturbing the poultice and leaf that had been placed there. Today he was wearing his red cloths, draped around his neck and wrapped around his tail mostly to hold the leaf close to his neck but also because for some reason. He wanted to wear them. It had been a long time since he had wanted to wear them. At one point they had been a mark of his and his brothers bond and then after Skah had gotten the position of oracle's protector they had simply felt like a constant reminder of how far apart they had drifted. But now? Skah liked to hope that maybe they were beginning to mend that broken bond between them. Shai had stepped up, thankfully agreeing to remain Ojise's temporary protector while Skah was healing. So all that was left for him to do was to rest. And it was something best done at the falls. Ojise's den was not too far away, if she howled and needed help he could be there for her. Despite his injuries he was not dead, and until he was dead he had no intention of letting any harm befall the Akia.


Massive beast would rest at the edge of the river, the steady drumming of the falls in the background helping lull him into a light sleep. He had never been a heavy sleeper, needing to be on guard at all times in case Ojise awoke in the night and required something of him or in case a threat was near. But despite old habits he would slowly slip into a deeper sleep, head lolling a bit to the side off his paws. Dreams of his brother when they were younger drifting through his mind. Memories of them finding the cloth together, of hunting birds for their feathers. The pain staking hours Shai had spent helping Skah decorate his neck with little white downy feathers. So many memories, so many smiles. It had all gone because Skah had wanted to be his older brother and in his mission to become Shai he had taken Shai's dream job from him. Would they ever be like they once were? Toes would twitch slightly in his sleep, chasing after Shai in his dreams.

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