For the Journey Ahead

Luka

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade

Luka grins, leaning sideways into his father's touch and settling at the squeeze to his nape, centered and fulfilled with his pack surrounding him. "We'll eat like kings for the season," he rumbles in further playfulness, standing back only to allow Soleil the chance to unearth Diana from her coat. He's far from jealous, practically incapable of envying his twin sister with how close they are. Instead he's ecstatic for her, and glad to give her this chance to take the floor (though she usually does anyway with her far more magnetic personality).

"It's okay Pad," he soothes with a rumble of a laugh underneath his voice. He has already been able to get a gauge on Diana's personality and knows the younger of his father's companions will not find a typically playful or overwhelming individual.

And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid