Northstar Vale Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things

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After having witnessed the killing of the woman, he’d been tortured by nightmares. Each time an attempt was made at laying his head down and sleeping, the scene would come to life behind his eyelids and scare him awake. For the first few weeks after his leaving of the Keep forever, he’d been stuck in a sort of limbo, knowing not how to react to certain things. What had been the most confusing aspect of all was that he’d stayed with the males from that day, rather than running off in the night to find a new home. He had stayed and, over time, the memory of the murder he witnessed had begun to fade, until nothing remained. He could not recall Vixen’s face, nor the expression she wore as the life had drained from her body; it had all disappeared from his brain and was unlikely to ever return.

Since his journey with the group of wandering males had begun, he’d started to settle in better with them. There were still plenty of times where he felt on edge and sought to separate himself from the lot but, more often than not, he felt like he was where he had always been meant to end up. It was away from the woman that had birthed him—that was the greatest perk of all—and with figures that wouldn’t starve him of attention. Whether or not it could be considered positive attention didn’t matter to him, just as long as his stomach was always filled with food.

As morning swept over the land, it was a harsh nudge that had awoken the boy. In an instant, he was on his feet and looking around with a widened gaze, relaxing only after his eyes had settled on the rabbit. The order given had just barely registered before Eros was upon the rabbit and devouring as much of it as he could. By the time he’d finished his chest was quivering with hiccups, the price for having eaten too fast. Bothered by his body’s reaction, he sat behind Bane whilst the adults spoke, hoping that relaxing might help cease the hiccuping.

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