ooc: Form;Lupus
X'ies had lately not been too pleased with the environment that he had to live in.Sharing his mountain retreat with the other members of the family, whilst not problematic was just plain annoying. But in his mind there were other things that kept the annoyance from spilling over into his plain as day attitude. Primarily that of their sick alpha and just what they were going to do without her ability to lead. X'ies suspected that she might be pregnant and this was just the initial signs of it. This thought raised further concerns about the nature of her pregnancy, just who was the father if this was the case? And...did it really matter if it was him or not?
He would approach the female with his gift trapped between his jaws and would place it upon her to help chase away the cold. The thick fur of the bear would be more than enough to deal with that. He looked down at her once again and remembered the first time that they had both met. She had been introduced to him in a moment of weakness. But even in this moment of weakness there was defiance to it, she would turn her head and ignore her own shame and embarrassment. Yet, now it was not so easy to do so. His eyes trailing down, then moving towards the mouth of the cave once again. They say that after a storm comes a great calm...yet the shadows stretched by the ancestors seemed to go on forever.
X'ies would lie near the female, saying little but bringing his own chessboard into mind. The queen at this point was in a vulnerable position, and the king was not acting. At the moment it felt almost as if X'ies was the next in the line of power. An interesting thought but a thought none the less. This time though the enemy wasn't something that you could manifest as a chessboard, there was no king or queen. There was only nature. Something to be feared and respected, the weak would die...and the strong would perish. Such was the gift, and curse of the ancestors.The great test, to determine who was worthy to continue their lines. It almost brought a smile to the grey male's face.