Sun rising, the rushing wind raced in through their home, ruffling the fur of him and his sister, only waking to find no one else around. The silence was deafening in the morning. No birds, no crickets, just them and their own thoughts. Bounding down off the bed he could hear the groan of his sister behind him.
"Can't you be quiet?"
Zadkiel ignored it, there was no point responding. Walking slowly through the house to the front door, there sat Guiscard, strong and proud, facing the sun head-on as he seemed to be relaxing. One foot in front of the other he walked slowly, quietly…
“Good Morning Zadkiel.”
“Morning Pa.”
“You know I’m not your father.”
“I do indeed, but you may as well be.”
Guiscard grunted in response and settled quite contently with the smaller kalon joining him. It was the usual routine. Zadkiel had picked up on his rounds, when he would arrive and when he would go. After all he didn’t want the man to be alone so early in the morning. He would probably drift off into his own world regardless, but it was nice to have someone. Or well, he thought so.
“How’s your sister?”
“Asleep, I think.”
“You think?”
“Probably dreaming, y’know, her usual dream, chasing after Ma.”
Guiscard laughed, and nodded his head. He knew this dream, knew this dream well and would do his best to stop anything happening. Luckily Ithuriel was young, there wasn’t a struggle to hold her back just yet. Turning to look down at the young kalon with a tilt of his head, how strange it was to observe the two siblings. Having grown up with the same circumstances and the differences between them regardless.
“Do you miss her?”
“…I hardly knew her Pa, I only know what you’ve told me and she sounds… amazing. So, strong and beautiful. I wish I could meet her. In person. I’d like to know what she’d think of me. Of who I am. Of who I’ll become.”
There’s a dreamlike state on Zadkiel’s face as he runs through the many situations in his head. The outcomes, the possibilities of finally meeting his mother in person, during a time he’d be able to remember, rather than the patchy first memories he had now.
“Your hair's getting long. Aren’t you going to cut it?”
Zadkiel hummed, pulling his hair around to the front of him, paws drifting through the strands with a gentle smile, head shaking softly.
“No, I’m far too attached to it to even dream of cutting it. Besides, yours is quite long Pa… why don’t you cut yours?”
Guiscard only shrugs, a small smile on his face at the underlying meaning behind it. Long like Pa’s. A small smile settled upon his face as they settled back into a silence, this one more manageable then the last. Of course, they knew it wouldn’t last for long. They could hear the grumblings of Ithuriel behind them. That always meant noise.