07-23-2021, 10:28 PM
Malik’s father had originally asked the boy if he wanted a new pet. But Malik had reasoned that he would prefer a friend, and Gale - recognizing the hunger for socialization in a boy his age - has been easily swayed. The girl takes on the shape of a tiger, but it is only an illusion.
Gale wonders briefly if Mazikeen will let the girl stay, and decides that he’ll just tell her that the girl is not much different from the canis aranaea pups or the coral deer fawn he’d brought Malik to play with.
Malik is delighted with the illusion, and the way the yellow beams of light glow around her like a warm blanket. “I like that,” he tells her honestly, and does his best to become a similar glowing golden tiger cub.
He succeeds, but it is short lived, and Malik returns to his own natural shape: a black colt with black stripes and bi-colored eyes. When she introduces herself (he assumes her name is Anath, anyway) he offers his own name in return.
“I’m Malik.” He waits for a long time, at least two full breaths in and out, and then asks again with a hopeful smile: “So? Do you want to be my friend?!”
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Malik
Gale wonders briefly if Mazikeen will let the girl stay, and decides that he’ll just tell her that the girl is not much different from the canis aranaea pups or the coral deer fawn he’d brought Malik to play with.
Malik is delighted with the illusion, and the way the yellow beams of light glow around her like a warm blanket. “I like that,” he tells her honestly, and does his best to become a similar glowing golden tiger cub.
He succeeds, but it is short lived, and Malik returns to his own natural shape: a black colt with black stripes and bi-colored eyes. When she introduces herself (he assumes her name is Anath, anyway) he offers his own name in return.
“I’m Malik.” He waits for a long time, at least two full breaths in and out, and then asks again with a hopeful smile: “So? Do you want to be my friend?!”
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Malik