Dustystar had finished her speech, and blue eye watched his 'mentor'. Calculating, tongue rolling in his mouth in thought. Questions without answers swirled around the young toms mind, questions that burned in the back of his throat. It was almost sickening, the idea of asking someone to explain something he should know. When even the kits knew these things. They knew of leafbare - and he had only just learned. They named him Talonpaw, when yes, he did have Talons upon his paws, but it was not a name he enjoyed, just Talon- he wanted to insist, but the eyes still felt like they were burning into the back of his head when heads had long since turned from him.
Or perhaps there was still staring. He did not care.
"Merrystalk." A greeting, in his eyes, voice of gravel scraping through his throat, deepened over the two moons of being here. But finally, a word had been said, before his question. It was something he picked up along the way so far. Greet, then ask. He didn't understand the formalities they persisted to use, but he was doing his damnedest. A beat, two, before continuing. The crowd had thinned, and it was just the two of them now.
"Do y' know what it's like t' hunt with one eye taken? T' walk like a disability rather than feel actually useful. Windclan customs, sure- but I do not understand the pairing here- what can y' teach me that i'm not already gonna have t' figure out on my own? What d' ya expect of a half blind cat, learnin' from someone who can use two eyes?"
Maybe it sounded cruel, rude- ungrateful even, but the boy could not understand that. Talon had known blunt cruelty his entire life, shaped and molded into 'love and care'. But he was expected only to survive, and not to socialize. Because trusting was wrong, when cats like these killed his mother, scarred his muzzle and ears- his teeth pressed together firmly, shifting slightly on his paws.
@Merrystalk
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Talon he/him, windclan 8 moons old.
black tabby with dark greyish brown undercoat and white underbelly. white crest on chest, and scars lining left side of face, blinding his right eye. icey blue eyes and white that is slowly starting to streak his features. Back scars non-existent for now.
mentored by Merrystalk // mentoring none
littermate to none
NPC x NPC / father/mother to none / mated to none
"speech" // "thoughts"
penned by Deidre ↛ deidre on discord, feel free to dm for plots. Art by PurpleCandyCorn.