make the streams for our children flow

Thorn Russo · 10-19-2012, 12:20 AM

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It had been a long, long time since Thorn had attended something akin to a pack or clan meeting. Yet he had done so many times with Syemv. Rurik had enjoyed calling the little band together and Thorn had always liked being second for those meetings if Kiska wasn't around. This was different though, this meeting was a family affair and by being invited it was like a more solid invitation to be part of the family. The call had woken Thorn from a deep slumber and he had stumbled there, wiping his eyes and composing himself before he was within sight of the gathering. The last thing he wanted was for others to know how disorderly he really was. Now he was standing here watching Lilin and Saul with their children and Colibri and her children. There was that pang of bitter homesickness. Lilin began and Thorn let his black-tipped ears perk up at her voice. This was to be a blessing ceremony as well as a promotion for Colibri. Well Thorn didn't know the lady well but he knew she was a keen gardener and anyone who could help with the vineyard was a friend in his book. He mumbled his congratulations in Russian and then waited intently for the rite to begin.

The rite was marvellous. It was very similar to other rites he had seen practiced across the ocean and a little like the ceremony he and his siblings overcame with their eyebrow piercings. If Thorn had continued to improve like most wolves did he would have earned multiple piercings in his eyebrows, a sign of devotion and skill. He always wondered what would happen if a wolf was offered a piercing and refused it, would that bring about shame to the pack? He assumed as much, every pack seemed to have those kinds of boundaries and rules littered upon it. Yet his mind had wandered and he glanced around and shoved his hands into the top pockets of his kilt.

The elder Russo put the names in his memory, he wanted to be part of his large and diverse family even if it was a pseudo replacement of his home life. Remembering the piece of paper he had given Saul with the Russian word for 'congratulations' written on it he let his smile grow a little wider before gaining seriousness as the naming ceremony changed to Colibri's children. Again Thorn memorized these names as well, his tail gently and barely swaying the whole time. If he had been younger he would definitely have taken this ceremony to use for his own children. Unfortunately Mii and Chatory'a were already getting close to 4 years old and had taken their names from the moment their ear tips came into the world. He had given them each a necklace carved similar to the necklaces now donning the pups heads though they were each runes of 'Thorn.' He hoped the next time he saw them they still wore them with pride. He still looked happy though, even if inside he missed many things he could possibly never have.

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