Redsand Canyon macto

Of the lessons Glaukos had collected through his short life, like wounds festering, he had come to understand Germanicus as a man of words over action.

He was capable of more, yet each time Glaukos tested his resolve he was met with a lecture; this was not the case in Moonglow, nor was it within Ursus. The boy wondered each time, would this be the moment the man broke? Would this be the day young Glaukos would be made to bleed?

Instead, a stone. An order. The watching eyes, the expectations for more.

Saying nothing else, Glaukos moved to wedge himself against the boulder and begin the work. It would frustrate him and draw much of his aggression out, leaving him bruised and weary, and doubting of his place among Mereo.