03-04-2009, 04:39 PM
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The reaction she gave surprised Ezekiel. In retrospect, it should not have. Each time Tristan had spoken that word he had done so with distaste. One paw lifted and nearly stepped back, but he placed it back on the ground swiftly. “My god-uncle told me of your people,” he said quietly, and settled to a seated position himself.
Both ears swiveled forward and his gold-yellow eyes focused on her face. It was peculiar, now, to see the fabled markings that he had been told of. “You’re the first one I’ve ever seen,” he admitted. Shaking dust from his coat, the boy tilted his head slightly, studying the patterns and the curious markings they formed. Only then did her scent betray her for a member of Dahlia, and his eyes darkened another shade. He said nothing on that matter. That had not been his war.
The reaction she gave surprised Ezekiel. In retrospect, it should not have. Each time Tristan had spoken that word he had done so with distaste. One paw lifted and nearly stepped back, but he placed it back on the ground swiftly. “My god-uncle told me of your people,” he said quietly, and settled to a seated position himself.
Both ears swiveled forward and his gold-yellow eyes focused on her face. It was peculiar, now, to see the fabled markings that he had been told of. “You’re the first one I’ve ever seen,” he admitted. Shaking dust from his coat, the boy tilted his head slightly, studying the patterns and the curious markings they formed. Only then did her scent betray her for a member of Dahlia, and his eyes darkened another shade. He said nothing on that matter. That had not been his war.