King Elk Forest we were hoping for some romance, all we found was more despair

all welcome, maybe a newbie? :p

the forest is filling up with smells and voices once more - four have come to their borders in the past month, and he's grateful for it, even if their numbers are still slim. he still worries - burke is spry of mind but old enough to be an uncertainty and malice seems tied to him (and he wouldn't blame her for wanting to go off if - when - burke passes, perish the thought.) but jomyo, matteo, anatha and sunflower combined cannot take away the sting of brienne's continued absence. trajan and uka - their abandonment hurt, but not the way bri's does. even if delight doesn't want to say that she's abandoned them yet. 

their last conversation had been tense. maybe it's his fault? maybe she could tell he has feelings for mato (all right, he'll admit it now) and she left in some misplaced noble gesture. it sounds like something she'd do but he feels a little bit arrogant thinking that he'd have that much of an impact on the gentle girl. 

he hopes it isn't getting to mato too badly, but the morwinyon has seemed okay every time delight's spotted him at the borders. a smoother wolf would take this as an opening to steal a place in the silvery prince's heart, but delight's not cunning nor really...interested in pursuing mato. he just has all these feelings and he is gonna stew in them forever and that's that. snow filters through the trees overhead, landing on his nose, and he shakes his head, resigning himself to a life of twitterpated observation.