Cerulean Cape harvester

cameo post! feel free to pp him arriving & tag me, if needed <3

Ego had not tried very hard to stay behind. Any excuse to escape the weather-beaten island grove was good enough for him -- and tracking Marina along the coastline was entertainment enough. He thought she might laugh to see him padding after her like a tethered dog; he felt slightly foolish, himself, but he loped on. Privately, he wondered if she would insist that he give her space, as she traipsed alone from pack to pack on her dutiful ventures. He wondered further if he could comply with a deal like that.

She was his mate, of course, so naturally he felt he belonged where she was.

He was still a ways behind for now, out of sight and perhaps out of mind, but gaining steadily on his mate's position as she paused to intercept the lives of two fairly young children.