Had he said this to anyone else—to Haku, or even to the brute of a man he called father—Larkspur would have teeth in his face and a fight on his hands. Sirius’s body displayed such potential aggression and Larkspur, still seated, watched him curiously. If he was attacked, he would fight. Yet that previous shadow he saw now blossomed, and from it he imagined the potential all the others seemed to understand. Orange eyes narrowed, pupils widening to suck in the light around them.
Larkspur rose to his feet at the command, and followed his lanky leader down the slope. This was territory he was used to; rocky, uneven ground. It was like the mountain of Khalif, the mountains in which his people lived. Salsola’s land was different, of course, but Larkspur had an advantage over most. He moved with the ungainly lope of a mountain goat, finding the best trails with little ease, letting the mountain do his work. As they reached the sheep’s ground below, he lifted his ears high.
So the boy was actually going to go through with it. So be it. Without a word Larkspur turned north, moving along drier, rockier paths that would not hold their tracks. It was not long before the kill-sight was found, where blood still clung to the rocks and hung in the air. “I dragged the sheep away,” he explained, nodding towards the northern border. Several ravens still circled above, likely chased away by larger scavengers. Shifting his feet as to allow his leader to pass. There was a subtle challenge in his step even now, daring him to follow the obvious trails, to go after the bear that would kill him. Larkspur would fight for his own survival, yes, but not yet for Sirius. As far as he cared, this was still nothing but talk.
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