Duskfire Glacier mark how the tempest roars

i'm going to play that arius is aware of tzila's death / was told and/or saw for himself behind the scenes. <3

he is angry at the world, at wintersbane and tzila ...at makatza —

and he mourns them all, in their own way ( despite that their sister hadn't died but left ).

it was a lot to process in such a short span of time; but it helps when he focuses on things. on patrolling. on what this means for ensio and him.

it does not surprise him when his brother joins him, even if his hackles bristle and prickle at the initial sound of approach. they smooth back down the moment arius casts a glacial look over his shoulder; allowing his brother a seat at his side.

arius reaches out to bump his skull against his brother's jaw — a gesture of affection, and a non-verbal communication that he was there and he wasn't going anywhere. they were in this together ...and though they were low now, they would rise in time. together.

i do, veli, the tundrian word for 'brother' rolls off his tongue, drawing with it a pang in arius' chest that he tries to ignore. just because wintersbane was dead did not mean that his legacy was going to die; and arius would speak in tundrian ( or at least use words here and there ), as his father had taught him.

we stick together, arius echoes. and we train and when we are ready we take duskfire glacier. we lead together. perhaps 'take' was a bit strong, arius holds out hope that lane and issorartuyok would return the glacier into the paws of those who were duskfire by blood. it is our legacy. our father built this for us.