So, the little kitten really had been abandoned. That was terrible, but at the same time, that was nature. He knew that it wasn't "right" to think such things, but Dmitri had learned in the past one hundred and eighty years that life wasn't already right. If life was always right, Poe would have gone to his family the morning after his night in the castle. If life was right, Dmitri would still be human. If life was right, he wouldn't have lost everyone he loved to a devastating disease....no. He shook himself mentally. Those were memories he hadn't touched in nearly one hundred and fifty years, he wasn't going near them now. "He is rather runty, isn't he?" Dmitri commented as he peered at the small creature. He had to laugh, however, when the kitten hissed at him as if he were trying to protect Loki. "Ah, but I see he's a little fighter....oh, speaking of fighters, hello Aubri."
The one-eyed alley cat had ghosted out of the grass nearby and was peering at both the kitten and Loki with his single eye, his half-gone ear flickering lightly as he approached the pair and sniffed at the kitten before rubbing his head against Loki's arm. He then trotted back and rubbed against Dmitri as well, purring low in his throat. Apparently, the old grump approved of the young man and was saying as much to his master. Dmitri smiled and scratched Aubri under the chin murmuring, "So you finally warmed up to someone besides me, eh? Old grump." Aubri yawned in response and trotted off to the castle to see if he could find a nice fat rat for his dinner before finding somewhere to curl up for a snooze. Dmitri supposed that he should have gotten to hunting as well. Loki's scratch was small, but blood was blood and the smell was tempting. He stood up and dusted grass from his clothes as he said, "I should go, I have....business to attend to. Before I do, however, I feel the need to caution you, Loki. It isn't exactly safe to be out here alone at night." The vampires weren't the only things that went bump in the night, after all.
~xXx________________ Dmitri Gavrikov