Shadewood Perdoname Mi Amor

the man’s demeanor swiftly changed, for he no longer saw fit to be submissive upon the borders. and yet he granted her the small furry body at his paws, at which kukutux gazed a moment before returning her attention to him.

he was speaking again, quickly, but the duck was silent. his name resembled the likes of issun and minori; perhaps this higoro was a relative of some kind.

seemingly pressed to prove his worth, urgent to gain entry, the stranger stood somberly before the girl once more, and in that moment she knew cry was near. she had felt the touch of his gaze far too often not to know it now, not to know he lurked in the cunning dark places of the keep, and suddenly she no longer wanted to be at the borders.

but she held fast all the same. ”i thank you,” kukutux murmured, using one small paw to draw the rabbit toward her. it would make a fine meal for gwen and minori, she decided, for she herself had not earned such a gift. ”it seems you were led here,” she ventured, ”but that is not for me to decide, higoro.”

@Cry must emerge now, take the burden from her shoulders, and judge this man while kukutux herself fled back into the dappled forest.