Lost Creek Hollow capture the golden hind

003 of 012 — the twelve labors of hercules ingram edition.

he was circling back to riverclan a lot later than he'd anticipated: but that he was returning at all — fleeting as he intends it to be — was nothing short of a miracle.

too many times he'd thought about just ... keeping going, let ash paw draw her own conclusions.

but she deserved the truth ... even if she perhaps already knew it: that he could not settle into the box he'd tried to push himself into. that his inner chaos would always win that war.

that he was self-centered and would always choose his best interest.

being truthful about it absolved him a little of the sin of it all, or at least that was how ingram chose to see it.

he calls for @Ash Paw, readying himself for her wrath, for he does not doubt this his decision would incur it.