~FANNIN AND SHAY~
The stark brown pup rolled her eyes stiffly, huffing with obvious distaste. "-Umf, you sound just like my sister, I honestly don't need another mother-" she snorted, flattening her ears. She could hear Shay up above the walls of the cave, going "-Hey, I heard that!"
~LUNA~
She frowned, splaying her little ears as she flopped back down beside him, nodding slowly.
~EVER AND RILKE~
Ever suddenly paused, narrowing her eyes uneasily as she pushed little Rilke away, her fur rumpled up fretfully.
"-Have any of you wolves seen Shay and Fannin? Huh... Mayzi's gone too...?"
~FLASK~
He grinned venomously, his ears prickling attentively as he gave a wicked laugh of amusement, nodding cruelly. "-A Maven is made out of a Birdie the moment they pass the test, no matter their age... Oh, yes, yes indeed...Hmm, I kind've like the sound of it, really. Alue. Alue,"
he twisted the name in his maw, his tone crooked, viscous, deafening...it was perfect. The idea of the scrawny little fae seemed to make him splay his ears, and for a moment, he seemed almost fatherly, tender. Shaking it off, the large brute stiffened.
~ALUE~
She took a staggering step back, horror, astonishment, flickering in her silver eyes...shocked. Swallowing, hard, she did her best to breath, her stomach clenching up tight with disbelief.
"...Ateal..."
She couldn't understand it, her mind failing to wrap around the idea, her thoughts jagged, choppy...
"...A-Ateal, I...I know I broke our promise, and I'm sorry... I'm not a murderer, I-I'm not- I'm just- just-"
braking off, the ginger pup gave him a soft, reassuring nudge, comforting, soothing, her ears splayed with sudden determination as she sat down curtly infront of him, sticking out her chin in defiance.
"-No. We'll be something much, much better... We'll be Felidae's, even better than what mum and da were- Okay? Together. We'll have mavens and knaves and birdies and wes's that will all be at our command, an entire forest, just for us. It'll be grand, Ateal, I know it... Stay here with us, with me."