The rustling nearby made him still – blending into shadows and crag, save for the twitch of his ears, the quiet back and forth as his eyes swept along the scenery. Some unfortunate hope, immersed there in shades, pricked and lanced there in his chest, that perhaps Ru was nearby. She’d been found. The mystery solved and the crisis over. That’d be it.
Instead, it was a tide jaguar. Unaware he knew the person within the shift, he hesitated; gaze narrowing. He knew they weren’t native to the Grounds, but that didn’t mean much of anything nowadays; with so many people traversing. Could be an Attuned, could be something else altogether. He took a deep breath, permitted the familiar rumble to go warding through bonds; he supposed if there was no answer, then he’d simply be talking to another animal, and likely, given both of their predacious abilities, neither would bother the other. Hello?
Instead, it was a tide jaguar. Unaware he knew the person within the shift, he hesitated; gaze narrowing. He knew they weren’t native to the Grounds, but that didn’t mean much of anything nowadays; with so many people traversing. Could be an Attuned, could be something else altogether. He took a deep breath, permitted the familiar rumble to go warding through bonds; he supposed if there was no answer, then he’d simply be talking to another animal, and likely, given both of their predacious abilities, neither would bother the other. Hello?
Deimos
I will either find a way, or make one
