Moonspear “take my pride, take my life, take my body”

arcturus wished to shake the boy -- and roughly -- for he felt desperate, and the way the boy's gaze briefly went far-away in this moment of extreme suspense had the mountaineer on edge and annoyed. with hydra and lyra besides him he knew the boy's time would be short -- but something held him from showing his fangs again.

revui.

orochi's stay of execution came in the single utterance of that name. arcturus' composure slipped; panic, welted with a vein of alien iciness, rose to his gaze. he instantly was to orochi's side, feeling the rushed breaths of orochi's breathing. "give us names, appearances, anything."

a shocking realization came to arcturus too late; perhaps he had been wrong in thinking revui abandoned them. perhaps all this time, revui had been held captive by savages, suffering to who knows what end..

oh god, my brother -- what have i done?