Meadowlark Prairie Broad-Shouldered Beasts

"Oh yeah?" Nathaniel tilted his head, curling his lip mockingly as he regarded his younger brother with cold, unfeeling eyes. "And you would know because.....?" Nat did not doubt that his brother had made many connections during his mission to find their father, but right now, Nat deduced he was alone with only his father to call family. He did not have a mate, or started a family for himself. He was still alone and single. "I deduce that you don't have much luck with the ladies," Nat stated matter-of-factly. "Or are you more of a guy person?" he asked, genuinely curious. Nat was in his element now, not talking about his own troubles but finding out weaknesses of others.

"I dunno, Seb. I left to find you, but I didn't really expect to, well, actually find you." Nathaniel replied honestly, relaxing and sinking down onto his haunches, rubbing a paw over his face as his ears flattened against his skull in a moment of uncharacteristic distress. "I mean I could always just resume my old life, but then my whole 'purposeful and good quest' would be put to a waste." Nat's eyes glinted at that and his lip quirked upwards in amusement. Then he looked up, blue eyes locking into Seb's identical ones. "Look, I'm your big brother. I haven't been around much but I don't have much of a purpose now. I'm going to camp out here for a few days and just...think. If things go bad, look for me here. I've got nowhere else to go."

A genuine, hopeful smile touched his lips as he rose onto his paws. "If you'll have me."

This moment of honesty wasn't going to last long.