Altar of Twilight 'don't wait for me, don't wait for mom,'

arcturus had heard the approach of another, but in the rather reckless mood of a teenager, he adopted a devil-may-care attitude and roughly ignored the wolf's presence, as if to indicate he cared very little about anything right now... even a threat.

it was not until ira was upon him did arcturus deign to meet her gaze and acknowledge her; it was then he realized she was the guardian besides korei julia. he had similar questions -- why was she here, especially alone? did that mean his sister was nearby too?

he felt a prickle of defensiveness, but did not act on it. feigning absolute indifference, arcturus remained draped across the forest floor, his tone deadpan and flat. "greetings," he pantomimed back, giving a lazy flick of his tail. "you're that girl from the other day."