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the way they always do, When you're ridin' sixteen hours
And there's nothin' much to do
For the first time in awhile, Asgeir took his Secui form. He knew it was the one preferred by his alphess, by the pack as a whole, but he had had no reason yet to take it aside from that, between building the barn and corral and other tasks made much easier by opposable thumbs. But now that no other duty called, Zeus staying with another Family member, the barn mostly built, the corral finished, all of that, he could afford to shift to his least used shape. He left the dens before he changed, and did so as quickly as possible before setting off toward Adlarto'K.
His mind, as X'yrin's, was on love lost. It clouded his vision, made his golden eyes less vibrant, laid his ears low, pressed his tail firmly to a hind leg. It slowed his step, made the normally short trip take a bit longer. Visions of cream-pelted Karina; tan Eir with her black tinted back; Embla with her coat of rust and clay; the charcoal pelt of his next to youngest and first son,Tyr; and Sindri, who looked so much like his mother it hurt Asgeir like a knife. His shoulders hunched as his face burned with unwept tears and his footfalls stilled. He flopped to the ground, his ribs heaving with the effort of his sobs. He remained down for some twenty minutes, till the crying finally abated. He stood, feeling immensely weary with his sorrow.
His footsteps shuffled along the rocks as he continued north, unknowingly bruising the tips of his toes. His head was low; he snuffled as he went, not paying attention to the scents his nose was pulling in till he found an extremely recent one of X'yrin's. There was no other with her, no scent as recent as hers. Without putting much thought in it besides seeking the solace of other, he followed her, coming finally to where she sat looking out at the lake. He approached her silently and remained so, but there was a certain eloquence in the way he took a seat next to her and leaned his bulky body against hers.
You just wish the trip was through
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