The boy paced through the well known trees of his mothers home, his paws carrying him with the confidence of one born into the darkness. Thruum saw nothing - unlike many of this world.. Not even shadow or light. But, what he lacked in sight, he made up for in instinct. The brawny beast used the subtle change of pressure on his whiskers, the way his fur shifted when something came close enough.

He would chuff - calling to @Icefang ♔.. to announce his return and his presence once more upon the lands of Veremda. After all, the boy had returned from an exploration beyond the realm - and had much to tell his mother. Additionally, he had learned some things - and wished to impart that knowledge to his pale mother.

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A child's call for his mother sends the matriarch running towards the source. Icefang's nostrils flare to intake @Thruum's scent noting with a soft gaze of approval that her young boy and last reminder of Renozuri is full grown. "You've returned," she states with a possessive growl immediately encroaching on his personal space as she slides along side him. He was bigger than her now and while she wouldn't voice it, she was thankful to notice that he seemed unharmed despite the lengthy time he had been gone. "Nazara will be pleased." The siblings had always been close and while the witchling had been following alongside her mother, Icefang wonders if her brother's return would have her future potential heiress in training slack off on her learning.

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He heard her before he scented her - her fur of ice and snow as she pelted through the realm. When @Icefang ♔ spoke, the dark boy rumbled a greeting to his mother, his glassed ebon eyes tracking her movements with the ease of practice with his sightless existence. "My apologies, mother." He spoke, his tone deep and vibrating through his broad chest.

She leaned into him, and he would lean into her as well, his purr rumbling deep through his breast. She mentioned that Nazara would be pleased and the dark shadow nodded. Of course she would be - she was the light half of his soul - the one that saw in color and light. "There's much to tell you." He would rumble, his tone deep and resonating.

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My apologies, mother.

"Do not let it happen again." Her tone is stern despite the fact he is no longer a child. There was one thing Icefang despised more than anything. A lack of control. She had experienced it with both Nazara and @Thruum when each took turns in leaving the safety of her kingdom to do gods knows what. She would accept him back, giving him less of a hard time than his sister due to the respectful tone in which he addresses her. There's much to tell you. She moves to wrap herself around his hind legs brushing along the opposite of his side to help beckon and guide him forward into the Brook as she strides past him. "Likewise," she rumbles softly. "Welcome back, prince." It was best they discuss everything in the seclusion of her den, away from prying ears.

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The dark beast rumbles a sound of pleasure at his mother as she seeks to wind around him and he nods, his head tilting towards her. "I will do my best." He answers to her demand to not let it happen again. Simply put, the young boy had needed space to learn beyond the realm of Amaryllis - and it had taught him many things of his own disability.

The beast would pace the pale wraith queen - avoiding trees and rocks as if second nature... much like his father. "Then... we should begin with - how many remain?" He questioned, his eyes passing sightlessly across the vast terrain of the Brook. An act he did without intending to - as his attention turned this way and that.. ears attuned to their surroundings.

He kept his deep tone pitched low, so as to avoid unwanted attentions... but still attentive to his mother and the words that might come forth from her lips as the weight of the crown settled once more upon his skull.

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It is different now compared to when he was a cub. Icefang does not have to slow her pace, carefully ensuring that his nose brushes along her ankles or maimed tail to guarantee that he knows the safest, stable pathways through the Brook. Some might view his disability as a weakness, but the queen views it as a strength. It was a testament to his abilities to adapt, effortlessly maneuvering with a pace that would leave most unable to distinguish @Thruum's blindness until they witnessed the glossy haze of his eyes. "Remain? We have grown to 25 strong. With more on the way," she muses as the safety of her den comes into view. "You are a big brother now. I had four girls and one boy. Zira, Estrella, Moontide, Sarai, and Ashland."

She steps inside and turns around granting him plenty of room to accommodate himself. Away from any prying eyes, the mother clears her throat. "Not too much has changed...except that I now have an heir and co-leader. Cassius - a great grandson of Renozuri. He is the patriarch of the family having earned it by killing your father. He will lead when I am gone, unless someone takes the title from him. Things are a bit more complicated with him here, so anything you learn of this family cannot be spoken outside of it. Not even to the other Brook members." This would be her only warning and it were up to him to determine and clarify that anyone he spoke to was indeed an X'uekai. Though it was likely best he just kept things to himself and trusted information only to his sister or his mother.

"Now where have you been?" She prods, curious on what he has to tell her.

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Four younger siblings? That was useful, and he wondered if he'd be able to help train them. More importantly - were any of them like he was? Blind to the light of the world. As @Icefang ♔ continued to speak, he paced alongside her.

The breast would move with a sureness of step born of practice so as not to run into anything. When she spoke of Cassius, the beast rumbled a sound that might be amused, or perhaps unamused. It truly was an ambiguous sound. Cassius. He rumbled, his lips forming the word as if testing it out.

The beast settled to his haunches in his mothers den, coiling his tail around his paws. I was expanding my horizons, such as I can. He spoke, his voice rumbling from his deep chest - inherited from his late father. Learning new skills and how to hone what I have.

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@Thruum does not offer any initial thoughts on Cassius nor her warning, but Icefang does not push any more on the topic. He had never been a troublesome cub, always following her orders with little protest. They all knew the consequences of going against her as she had often instilled in them through harsh reprimands. She listens quietly as her son discusses why he had left. "Seems like it was a successful mission that you made it back in one piece." She would allow him to stay within her den as long as he liked, at one point breaking the distance to settle beside him and affectionately groom his shoulder. As the pair reconnected, Icefang would offer him any more information he asked for including the names of all the members that made up the X'uekai now. She would explain to her son all that has happened in his absence including the secret of his siblings paternity with Cassius and his marriage to her. All the things that were never meant to leave the toxic circle of the X'uekai.

/exit

ooc: giving an abrupt exit so he can get marked VB!

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The dark lion listened to his mother as she filled him in on the goings on within the family. His eyes would continue to sweep - but it was more out of simple habit than anything as they didn't exactly work. A habit learned to appear less 'strange' when the beast would speak to another rather than a blank stare off into space.

He found himself surprised at the information he was learning.. things that he hadn't been privy to before his departure - things that he had been too young to learn. Some of them were not at all a shock, others, of course... were a shock. But he hid his surprise mostly well as they continued to speak of the many things he as a Royal would need to know..

//Exit//

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This character is completely blind and may miss or not react to a character in a thread. This is in no way intended as an OOC slight against the character.

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