Chimera Fields a crime so old as the sky and bone

Rannoch was straddled between the moment that would connect his present mindset to his previous relationship. He had come to this place in his timeline with confidence, going as far to even venture through the lands that harbored such awful memories for him. But, now that the moment was here, Rannoch was scared. He feared for Cypress and for what his raven-haired sibling would say, feared for rejection in light of their previously exchanged words. Despite this, Rannoch Tiberous Frostfur stood tall with his eyes towards the horizon, waiting for the very being that he had traveled so far for. 

An inkblot surfaced suddenly, catching Rannoch's attention almost instantly. Feeling a majority of his innards dropping all at once, the child did his best to focus on the task at hand: apologizing. He felt a lump form in his throat as his darker sibling grew nearer and it was in his obvious observation that he realized just how much time they had spent apart. Cypress looked older, even from afar. His body had grown in ways that even rivaled Rannoch's height and such realization of the time passed would occur when Rannoch heard his sibling speak. 

As the lantern-eyed boy stood before him, Rannoch felt a rush of emotions overcome him. He felt his knees began to quiver in the wake of such feelings and Rannoch did his best to ignore it. Instead, he focused on his sibling and studied his face intensely, as if attempting to make up lost time and catching all that had he had missed. His ears fell in light of a sudden wave of self-consciousness, yet, he did not let this deter him. 

"Yes," he began, his eyes falling momentarily to his pale paws. He paused, a frown lining his dark lips as he returned his eyes to his brother. "To apologize." Despite what he felt, his voice remained strong. "Cy, I'm sorry for what I said. It wasn't fair." Though the brothers had been unkind to eachother that day when Rannoch had brashly decided to leave. But, despite this, he could not fault Cypress for how he felt.