The wolf-shaped cloud spoke to him. Aventus wasn't used to being spoken to. Astara was either incapable of using the pack's common tongue, or unwilling to. Whichever it was, she didn't speak to her bairns, and as a result, they didn't speak to her. The one-eyed dragon sometimes spoke, and the only reason Aventus knew his ability to do so wasn't the mark of God was because Jaylen the bear had also spoken. Now Ico spoke.
If they all could do it, then he could, too. He remained where he was, huddled close to the ground and as small as possible to ensure he wasn't perceived as a threat, but as Ico cast around and went to retrieve a stick, little Aventus began pantomiming the cloud-wolf's speech.
He emitted no sound, and his jaws moved in the wooden fashion of a puppet, but when Ico returned with the stick, he would find Aventus opening and closing his mouth in a poor approximation of the words he'd produced moments before. There would be a brief span of time between Ico placing the stick in front of him, and Aventus noticing it, that he simply locked eyes with the Earthclaw and moved his mouth in that rigid, unnatural fashion. His gaze was expectant, as though he believed he was making words, too, and Ico would understand them.
And then he noticed the stick, and pounced toward it with a kittenish wiggle of his bum, forgetting about his earlier trepidation.
If they all could do it, then he could, too. He remained where he was, huddled close to the ground and as small as possible to ensure he wasn't perceived as a threat, but as Ico cast around and went to retrieve a stick, little Aventus began pantomiming the cloud-wolf's speech.
He emitted no sound, and his jaws moved in the wooden fashion of a puppet, but when Ico returned with the stick, he would find Aventus opening and closing his mouth in a poor approximation of the words he'd produced moments before. There would be a brief span of time between Ico placing the stick in front of him, and Aventus noticing it, that he simply locked eyes with the Earthclaw and moved his mouth in that rigid, unnatural fashion. His gaze was expectant, as though he believed he was making words, too, and Ico would understand them.
And then he noticed the stick, and pounced toward it with a kittenish wiggle of his bum, forgetting about his earlier trepidation.
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Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - June 09, 2020, 10:58 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - June 10, 2020, 01:03 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - June 20, 2020, 10:41 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - June 21, 2020, 04:22 AM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - July 06, 2020, 12:14 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - July 09, 2020, 06:14 AM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - July 16, 2020, 11:09 AM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - July 16, 2020, 11:15 AM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - July 26, 2020, 08:13 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - July 30, 2020, 06:53 AM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Aventus - August 05, 2020, 08:26 PM
RE: Lack of tipping is the leading cause of sinkholes in the US - by Ico - August 06, 2020, 12:54 PM