A Long Talk Coming
10-27-2014, 11:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2014, 11:18 PM by Anais.)
Walk | She did not want to answer her father's summons. She knew almost without knowing that it had something to do with what had happened, something to do with her undeniable shortcoming, and she did not want to talk about it. She had been frightened by her parents already, embarrassed by them and herself in front of her entire family as well as her unknowing tormentor, and she did not need to relive any of it again. Was not everything she had heard thus far enough? Her ears tilted and turned back against her head as she heard her father's call fade away, her body almost sinking into a crouch as if to defend herself even from the thought of what was coming. But at the same time she did not want to disappoint her father more than she might already have, no matter how much she wished to avoid the inevitable. Quietly, employing her hunter's quiet and stealth, Anais traveled from where she had been lurking within the forests and out into the open region beside the river near which her family now lived. The sandy riverside was quiet save for the sounds of the water as it rolled along though they were not so empty as she would have wished them to be. Her father and sister came into sight ahead, both standing at the water's edge close to each other and possibly already in conversation. Feeling another sense of embarrassment, Anais ducked her head slightly and averted her yellow-gold eyes. Uncharacteristic as it was, she was for once wishing to avoid a familial moment. With a visible reluctance she walked the rest of the way over to them, catching the eye of her sister with a small smile - no matter what she could not help but smile whenever she saw Lior - as she allowed the sound of her paw steps to announce her approach to her father. He might have been blind, but he still seemed to hear decently enough. Just to be sure, she spoke up in a quiet, subdued voice, |
* Because he has become her protector, Glacier is allowed into any and all threads that Anais may be in, regardless of how they are tagged.