you're ready to go (Fiori)
02-12-2015, 09:15 AM
"N-no I didn't," he admitted faintly. She was the alpha here. Though that technically put them on equal footing as far as rank, she was the one far superior. She had the experience, the savvy, the confidence... he had none of it, and it was more obvious by the second as he stood there staring like a rube. Chagrined he followed as she invited him to walk with her, but only a serious expenditure of willpower forced him to walk beside her like... equals. As it was he continued to regard her wide-eyed for a moment after she asked her question, before he finally shook himself out of the bedazzled state she put him in. "I uh..." He cleared his throat to buy himself a moment while he pulled his scrambled brains together. "I came to find the alpha here in the hopes of discussing a treaty or even an alliance, but I wasn't really expecting to find you." He could have gladly sunk into the ground just then in embarrassment. But he found his voice again and went on, and slowly the passion and righteousness he felt for his cause shone threw. "We... Ebony I mean... We intend to... stand as guardians of justice, and protectors of the oppressed and... make the world a better place. And I know that may sound naive, and I know that one pack can't change the world no matter how much they try, but I truly believe that someone needs to make the effort to be the good in the world. I want that to be Ebony - I want it to all mean something. And that is going to make Ebony a target. I could use whatever help I can get, or barring that I need to at least mitigate some of the risks to the individual wolves in my pack by making peace treaties with the wolves I trust." The young alpha ran out of words for the moment and could only continue to regard Epiphron with hesitant expectancy. What would she think of his idealism? Of his plans for the future? He knew it sounded silly and a little grandiose but... |