05-29-2008, 08:09 AM
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He didn't have to wait long. He had only been lying in the sunlight for a few minutes, perhaps fifteen, when her silver and gold figure broke through the heavy trees. She was smiling, which was a surprise - it seemed as though Iskata had been a bit preoccupied the past few days. He'd been busy trying to sort through his own problems, selfish as this seemed to him. He knew it had something to do with Haku... He felt terrible for not having asked directly about it, especially since his own immediate family was involved. Perhaps he was afraid to.
Kansas lifted his face from between his paws and smiled at his mother, his tail thumping once against the earth. "Hello, mother." She lay down beside him, told him she wanted to talk. He didn't think it was bad news she had to give him, but by the nervous look on her face, it was something she was struggling to find the right words for. He gazed at her softly, still grinning a bit, and brushed his nose against her cheek once to let her know he would be all right with whatever she had to tell him. "What is it?"
He didn't have to wait long. He had only been lying in the sunlight for a few minutes, perhaps fifteen, when her silver and gold figure broke through the heavy trees. She was smiling, which was a surprise - it seemed as though Iskata had been a bit preoccupied the past few days. He'd been busy trying to sort through his own problems, selfish as this seemed to him. He knew it had something to do with Haku... He felt terrible for not having asked directly about it, especially since his own immediate family was involved. Perhaps he was afraid to.
Kansas lifted his face from between his paws and smiled at his mother, his tail thumping once against the earth. "Hello, mother." She lay down beside him, told him she wanted to talk. He didn't think it was bad news she had to give him, but by the nervous look on her face, it was something she was struggling to find the right words for. He gazed at her softly, still grinning a bit, and brushed his nose against her cheek once to let her know he would be all right with whatever she had to tell him. "What is it?"