Blacktail Deer Plateau yearning for your love

In Diaspora he had been someone to look out for, having been trained by the likes of Stigmata, Takiyok, even his uncle Mahler — but here he had nobody, at least it felt like he had nobody. Everything he did was for his self preservation and he was selfish in his pursuit of food and shelter. 

So when the stranger backed off only to volley questions at him, he was perplexed, borderline frustrated.

Why the fuck did you start? He countered without a pause, eyeing the discarded meal.