OH, TO BE HERE ON THE GROUND
The shudder rips his heart from his chest.
Don’t cry he wills the little deer boy, don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry but then he chokes some kind of laugh but he’s backing away now, ears pinned, eyes wide and he’s doing the same thing as Toro, trying to disappear into the mountainside. It’s a shame they cannot.
He didn’t want this, and now look what happened. They were stuck in a cave like two rabbits in the same trap, each thinking the other was the terrier come barreling through their home. It was likely neither of them was.
He steps forward, heartbeats nearly wrenched from between his ribs. ”I didn’t mean to - you’re not - it’s not you.” His tone is pleading, he always fucks it up, doesn't he? But he tries to think like this is a rabbit or a child and heaves a deep sigh. ”My father was worse.” He hopes that thinking for once might do something good for him. He almost forgets this boy has a girl.
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