So. Mother is gone.
Nyxa had expected as much and the surprise at Krone’s words is not nearly as sharp as she had imagined. Circinae had never been apt at giving her youngest whelp attention. As a yearling, there was still so much more Nyxa had to learn and she felt, acutely, the absence of that female knowledge in her future.
It’s enough to keep her silent, until Krone has spoken her peace. “I will stay. Ischia is truly the only home I’ve really known - I can’t leave it.” She explains, nodding softly to affirm her choice.
Hod was here, still. He’d come because of her and stayed for the very same reason. She wouldn’t deem herself a rotten apple and abandon him, too. No … she belonged here and she belonged beneath the waves, and that was final.
Nyxa had expected as much and the surprise at Krone’s words is not nearly as sharp as she had imagined. Circinae had never been apt at giving her youngest whelp attention. As a yearling, there was still so much more Nyxa had to learn and she felt, acutely, the absence of that female knowledge in her future.
It’s enough to keep her silent, until Krone has spoken her peace. “I will stay. Ischia is truly the only home I’ve really known - I can’t leave it.” She explains, nodding softly to affirm her choice.
Hod was here, still. He’d come because of her and stayed for the very same reason. She wouldn’t deem herself a rotten apple and abandon him, too. No … she belonged here and she belonged beneath the waves, and that was final.
-Sporadic-
Apothica • Tiberios
Apothica • Tiberios