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 Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:16 pm
A small frown of frustration emerged on Linnen's face.
"I forget," she said simply again, "I mean, not just about how they reacted... but... I forget if I have family. I mean, I must have parents... somewhere... Else how would I have gotten here? But... I just don't remember..."
The young female hound acquired an intense look in her eyes as she asked her next question.
"Do you remember your parents?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:16 pm
The intensity of her stare made him withdraw inwardly, physically only stiffening a little more when she inquired of his parents. "Enough of them, yes," Ailden replied brusquely and hoped it ended there with the tone he took, breaking eye contact to glance off to the side at anything else to fixate his gaze upon: a tuft of dead plants, a certain pile of snow. He hated it when too much eye contact was involved, much less with the topic Linnen was attempting to broach. It was fine enough that he had bothered to ask her about her family; not very much so vice-versa, it seemed, which was hardly fair of course for who asks about something like parents or siblings and not be expecting to be asked about their own in return? Then again, Ailden wasn't very much a bright thinker.
Perhaps he should move along before Linnen could ask any more of him . . . but the water was begging him to stay, and so were his paws, and somehow he remained rooted to the spot.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:03 pm
Linnen bit her lip. She really shouldn't ask any more... he didn't like the question, it was obvious... it would be rude... And yet, she found herself asking:
"What were they like?"
She had no idea why this meant so much to her, but... it did.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:20 pm
"It's no concern of yours," he found himself almost growling immediately as an answer. "None at all. None." And he began stepping further and further into the water as he felt his temper beginning to flare up; ah, it could never be checked for too long, sadly. Would the frozen cold water help? He bit his teeth down as a violent shiver escaped him, now thigh deep into the river, almsot backpedalling. He should have not come, should not have conversed with this stranger of a girl. He didn't care about her beyond having the sense to try and not send his hidden beserk-like side upon the unwary Linnen.
"You don't know your own family; don't bother with mine." It was as simple as that.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:54 pm
"Oh... Okay," Linnen looked down, face red hot. She had been rude. He wouldn't like her now... If he had ever liked her to begin with. "Sorry," she apologized, then ducked back underwater, trying to cool her face. No more rude questions, she commanded herself silently.
She surfaced and took a deep breath. She hesitated, glancing at Ailden. She wasn't sure if she should speak... maybe it would be better if she just left... He obviously didn't want to talk to her.
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:22 pm
He uttered a growl of a sigh once his mouth was beneath the water, bubles frothing before his nose as he willed himself to cool down. There was no need to overeact like that, he realized, but it wasn't something he thought he could help himself on. Though the look on Linnen's face did make him blink, did make him consider the action of apologizing; he hardly ever did that, yet it wasn't as though he was without manners at the same time. He mlled over the decision for a few moments and then rose back out of the water until the surface was about at the base of his neck, paws catching hold of the muddy bottom. "Sorry." It was more of a grunt. "Not the only one without a family. Forget sometimes." Ailden kept his head ducked slightly, eyes averted as he began to wade more out of the water.
It wasn't exactly shame that he felt for himself. More like awareness of his actions, like a coherence usually blurred behind the monotony of travelling alone. Was it deteriorating him, that lonely sojourn to nowhere? Perhaps he ought to leave now before he disturbed the female more.
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