Never there

Of course! Of course of course of course. With a heavy sigh he'd meet his brother's eyes with a steady gaze, staring down at him with a set line on his face. Pest chose that moment to flee, perhaps due to the storm rolling across his frame. His muscles tightened as he clung to his rock, protecting it from Voltage's big butt. When he heard his name spoken with such happiness, such enthusiasm, he couldn't help but pin his eyes back and curl his lip just slightly. If Voltage was so happy to see him now, why didn't he seek him out before?! With a huff, he'd look away, glaring out at the horizon and willing the largest and loudest of thunderstorms to break over head. Maybe then Voltage would leave him alone. "I've been where I have always been." He couldn't help but seeth, glaring at nothing and everything. He didn't even want to look at his brother, his anger at him was so strong. Perhaps it was anger at the entire family that he directed to one singular and emotional source. He couldn't continue to be mad at Glacier, that man's ice was too thick and his heart too big. There was nothing Arcus could do to stay mad at him, but Voltage...oh, there was everything to be mad at. "No." He said slowly, his tongue rolling over his teeth as he returned his sneer to his brother. Voltage was the reason Arcus felt so alienated, he was the reason Arcus didn't have a future, why he felt so utterly useless. Voltage had taken everything from them, and forced them to live a life he deemed proper and good. Everything about this man was so false, so fake, so...unnecessary. He didn't want anything more to do with him. "Go away."

Or perhaps...he just needed a reason to stay angry.

"Burn Baby Burn"