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When Kiyoshi told him that he was a good wolf for leaving, he felt tension claw at his throat and stomach. Taikon realized that he had told Kiyoshi only a half-truth, told him that he had left. That implied his leaving had been voluntary, and at this he bowed his ears. The boy was too young to fully explain. Even if the boy had been a bit older, it wasn't a part of his past he had really ever talked about. Taikon gave a slight nod, but was thankful when Kiyoshi looked back to where his family probably was.
Taikon bowed his head back, as though Kiyoshi and he were on equal ground. To him, they were.
Of course, he said gently, watching the boy leave. When he was out of earshot, the pallid prince of nothing sighed. For the next several hours, his thoughts were plunged back into his past. He thought of his mother, and all of the cruelty he had helped her wreak upon their domain.