07-27-2021, 09:14 PM
She wants to be his friend too!
Malik prances in place a bit, feeling both excited and proud. For the briefest moment - so quick that he thinks it was a trick of his eyes - a pair of wings stretch out from his sides, the same intangible blacklight glow that emanates from his horns and stripes. And then they are gone and he is just an excited young boy who has made his first friend.
Considering what to show her first, Malik whistles a summons to Gale.
(His father hears the boy calling, but he doesn’t break off the hunt to answer. He’ll survive alone a while longer, and there hadn’t been any urgency in Malik’s voice.)
The griffon answers instead, Malik’s nameless - and thus far mostly voiceless - companion. He lands just behind Malik, wearing iridescent black feathers that match the young prince, who greets him with a smile before answering Anath.
“Yep, a shapeshifter! Like me!” He’s already shown her the tiger, which is his best one. He is not so great at the others yet, but he reminds himself that she’s probably not good at any shapes, especially if she doesn’t know what a shifter is.
“Maybe I can teach you how,” he muses aloud. His parents are teaching him how to be a better shifter, just as they’re teaching Bolder. Who is to say he can’t teach Anath how to shift?
Realizing his father hasn’t answer, Malik whickers again.
@Anath
Malik prances in place a bit, feeling both excited and proud. For the briefest moment - so quick that he thinks it was a trick of his eyes - a pair of wings stretch out from his sides, the same intangible blacklight glow that emanates from his horns and stripes. And then they are gone and he is just an excited young boy who has made his first friend.
Considering what to show her first, Malik whistles a summons to Gale.
(His father hears the boy calling, but he doesn’t break off the hunt to answer. He’ll survive alone a while longer, and there hadn’t been any urgency in Malik’s voice.)
The griffon answers instead, Malik’s nameless - and thus far mostly voiceless - companion. He lands just behind Malik, wearing iridescent black feathers that match the young prince, who greets him with a smile before answering Anath.
“Yep, a shapeshifter! Like me!” He’s already shown her the tiger, which is his best one. He is not so great at the others yet, but he reminds himself that she’s probably not good at any shapes, especially if she doesn’t know what a shifter is.
“Maybe I can teach you how,” he muses aloud. His parents are teaching him how to be a better shifter, just as they’re teaching Bolder. Who is to say he can’t teach Anath how to shift?
Realizing his father hasn’t answer, Malik whickers again.
@Anath