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The offer to repay what he had taken was dismissed with words that seemed kind in nature but were spoken with a clenched jaw and a stoic expression. No matter how it churned his stomach, Crowfeather could not pull his gaze from the older man’s face. No matter how much it pained him, he could not stop from gazing into the yellow of the Imperator’s eyes.

Crowfeather’s paws shifted slightly, nervous in nature.

Maybe you attract them… the talented ones. Maybe those are the ones that are best to keep around. The shadow did not know what else he might say about Aquene. Her kindness was evident in everything that she did. Her healing skills were boosted by her warm heart. Crowfeather knew that Germanicus would have gathered more like her. Mereo was full of the very best.

A pause filled the space between them.

I’m- I’m happy you have built the life you wanted. But there was little happiness in the gold of his eyes.