04-26-2010, 11:24 PM
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CRY. ;_; (396.)
Despite his age, the other wolf's demeanor was not impressive. Fidgety, nervous, subdued, submissive. And despite King's own fledgling age, he showed the opposite. Chest out almost comically in his young form, he watched with vague approval as the older puppy's form folded before this display. His dark ears folded like devout creatures falling before their god, tail disappearing somewhat like the less-pious fleeing. The tiniest glimmer of a smirk appeared on King's young face. He actually didn't see anything strange in this. His mind had been thoroughly polluted and spoiled with the doting of his mother and the attention of his father. In the deep recesses of the puppy's mind, he already believed that he was better than a good deal of these other wolves, and for multiple reasons. This stranger's reaction to him on the borders was merely a side-effect of that.
He waited semi-patiently for the wolf to respond to his demands, though darkly amused at when he tried once to speak and didn't find the nerve to do it. The second time was the charm for him, though, and he replied that he was searching for… someone. The name wasn't even vaguely familiar to King, but he hadn't exactly been the most social kid. When he wasn't held at his mother's side, he was out wandering on his own. And his thorny personality didn't exactly make others gravitate towards him. "I've never heard of him," the kid replied, flicking his tail in some arrogance—almost as if he wasn't important if he had never heard of him. Part of him wanted to send the foreign wolf away from his borders, but a second part rather liked the submissive attention. He decided to keep this Harlowe D'Angelo around for a little longer. "Who is this Larkspur to you?" He knew he was related, obviously, but he wondered what that meant to Harlowe. King was related to Conor and Emwe, but he didn't feel any fraternal bond between either of them.
But his own introductions were important too. "I'm King Chance," he said in a voice that almost came to an announcement. He considered mentioning his own heritage, the descendant of the legendary (though King cared little if he was the villain or the hero) Haku Soul… but that might create a problem. So the kid kept his mouth decidedly shut on that subject.