Wheeling Gull Isle screaming meemies

of course it was abel.

he'd changed since coming here. memories of the birth mother had fully washed away shortly after abel's naming day. the effects of his early childhood would remain, of course, but no longer would he recall them and shy away in their shadow.

but then the nightmares started. or daymares? either way, he must have been sleep deprived, since preferred to sleep while the sun was at its peak.

caracal's outburst wakes him, and as the man looks down at his youngest boy the child returns his gaze, silent and expectant.