Keep me locked up in your broken mind
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The suffocation, the silence. The deadening air. Why? He didn't know. Irritably, he rose from atop his den, leaping down smoothly to go prowling near the border. That was always something to do. Perhaps he could find someone nearby... he actually had to go recruit soon, see if anyone would. He almost didn't want to, to just let the pack die, but then what would he do? Go to Donostrea? He knew he had family there - Anais. He knew Voltage and Glacier. But... He didn't really want to.
As if the day could get worse, he heard a strong, familiar call. There was no mistaking that voice, and who it was calling for. Zephyra. With a start, Ren realized that she didn't know about Marina, Kaitlyn, anyone. He was going to tell her at the challenge... but things happened to quickly, she left too quickly. And he forgot. How could he forget? What kind of brother was he?
He had to answer the call. As much as he dreaded it, he had to. Even if every fiber of his being dreaded her response. Slowly, he made his way to the border, tail low. Regret filled him, and when he arrived and saw his larger green he drooped even further, his entire posture one of defeat.
"Oh, Zeph. I'm so sorry," he whispered, voice broken as he bowed his head, stopped about ten feet away. He couldn't face his sister; he couldn't.
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"She - her illness - it broke her. She ran. She didn't even recognize me as her son." He had held all the pain when announcing it, but now the pain in his voice was audible. The fact he was not recognized... that hurt more than anything. "I couldn't stop her, she ran from me... I haven't seen her since. And... I tried to take over the pack, and now even that's failing." He knew it was the illness, but a part of him couldn't help but feel it was his fault for failing to take care of the pack that she hadn't returned, as irrational as it was. And yet, it lingered in his body. His fault for failing the pack that Kaitlyn had left, though that too he knew was irrational.
"Kaitlyn... she's gone too. She disappeared three days ago. I had hoped... that she had just wandered off as she was prone to do, but I don't think so anymore. Two other wolves of the pack also left. There's so few of us - I don't know what to do." He had to go to the other packs, and see if she was there. Maybe they had seen her, maybe they would know where she was. He'd start with Donostrea, even though he knew they likely would bring her back had they seen her, with her Borealis scent. But still.
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