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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:30 pm
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Kau was hanging back behind his mother and brother. He loved his father so much, but the strength of the cub's feelings were returned a hundred fold with hatred by the god. The boy's posture was a physical manifestation of his feelings. Head down, tail down and dragging, slinking, almost, and ears back. It had been a little while since he'd seen his father. Not that Fleance hadn't come around, but that the god tried to avoid this particular son. Ever since he'd saved the cub, he hadn't had much to do with him. Kau sighed heavily.
Fleance paced back and forth at their assigned meeting place. He was so looking forward to seeing his more-or-less mate (and favorite and beloved) Ninon. She usually brought at least one of their sons along, and he loved to see how they had grown. Well, except for that worthless one, Kau. He scowled at the thought of the tan one. He hated that stupid little... His thoughts trailed off as three forms appeared on the horizon. His ears perked up and he smiled. He couldn't tell which cubs she'd brought along. But as they came closer, he could more easily identify their mannerisms. The excited one that seemed to be running ahead at breakneck speed? Ah, that was probably Yves. And of course there was their mother, Ninon. A special smile came across his face for her. Ah... and then the last one. It seemed to be lagging behind. Hiiro, maybe? He squinted and saw that it looked rather beaten-down.
Oh.
Kau.
His face turned stony as he recognized the last of the litter. He heaved a sigh and then thought of how he'd have to cut this visit short.
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:37 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:59 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:10 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:45 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:40 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:51 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:28 pm
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Ninon nodded and smiled slightly, patting his free paw with one of her own. Whatever it was, she would listen with as open a heart as always. She knew of his flings, knew there were others who had fathered his cubs...but she did not hold it against him. Not ever. After all...he wasn't hers. They weren't mates, despite her attachment to him, and his visits. "Whatever it is, you know I'll do my best to help you sort it out."
Yves grinned up at his father, then looked to Kau, and blinked. Huh...He thought a moment, then whispered back. "Maybe he means our older siblings? Like Bedoier and Revez and them?" Mind, he'd never met any of their older half-siblings aside from Bedoier and Revez...but meh. They still counted!
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:37 pm
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Fleance gently rested his heavy head on his more-or-less mate. "I know." He let out his breath slowly, and it was a lot, as though he'd been holding it in for a long time. He closed his eyes and nuzzled Ninon. She was such a comfort to have and to be able to return to sometimes. If only she weren't mortal, he thought wistfully. But that was life and that was fate. She would leave him someday. With such morbid thoughts, it felt like his burden weighed all the more heavily on his soul.
Kau shook his head while watching his parents. "I don't think so. Fleance said 'my children,'" he still wasn't allowed to call his father "dad", "not 'your children' or 'our children'." He looked at his brother. "Do you think we have other siblings not in the pride?" For as many things as his father had to tell Ninon, Kauaense had as many questions. While he knew Fleance would never answer them, or even give him the time of day, he would try his best to find these things out from his mother, after her talk with the god. Until then, he would be left wondering.
The end.
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