Arrow Lake Reunion

The child dared to growl again, and Sinaaq's chest puffed out in indignant offense to the boy's insubordination. Adlartok had spoiled him by being relatively well behaved, and generally listening when Sinaaq told him to say something...but this was not the Adlartok that Sinaaq knew. It was a crushing thing, to realize that someone else had gotten their poisonous claws into the child and changed him. Sinaaq had him on the path to perfection, what he and Frigga had wanted for her child and someone else was ruining him. Had turned him against his own uncle. The one who had raised him, stealing him away from the lack witted family he'd been born into in attempts to keep him free. Free of the scrutiny and hatred that Sinaaq had suffered as an infant. If not for Frigga and Nan, Aga, their mother, would have left Sinaaq to die. Had, in fact left Sinaaq to die. Though there was always a reluctant and sour affection for Nan, Sinaaq could not bring himself to hate her to any real degree. Without his eldest sister, who had lost her litter earlier that month nursing him he would have died for Aga would not let him feed from her, disgusted by the male she had produced, infatuated as she was by Sinaaq's father Akiak.

Eyes of liquid gold rolled, a soft tsh leaving Sinaaq's lips as the child babbled on about how he woke up and Sinaaq was gone. As annoying as it was to be yelled at by his own prodigy, the creature he had willingly taken captivity for would really think that he would leave him. It was a giant misunderstanding between them, Sinaaq realized; but he was offended and angry and it appeared, so was Adlartok. "Do you think so little of me, infection?" Sinaaq spat at the boy, contempt lacing his words. "I who has raised you since I was but a child myself? I who willingly became a prisoner to keep you safe?” He wasn't trying to guilt trip Adlartok, merely to act the cynical voice of reason in this, now that he understood.

Attempts to end Aldartok's life aside, no one could contest that Sinaaq had taken care of him. Had killed Glimmer to keep him safe. "I killed my own sister to keep you safe and free," Not that Glimmer's death had really affected him all that much. He had always hated her in particular, but even so. She was his first kill of their species and it was not something he was likely to forget even if it failed to bother him. "I went hunting, Adlartok. Have I ever not returned to you?" Sinaaq demanded, expecting a response from the child.