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Tsume lifted an eyebrow, "he started it. pup needs to learn to pick his fights. i'll wrestle with him later and show him who's alpha." he winked at her before looking at the door, smelling Leo near.

"Leo can. he's really good at it too," she looked at Martha a little shocked and wasn't able to answer for a little while. "dirt just dirt? dirt?" she shook her head, reminding herself that they knew so very little in the spiritual part of things, "the Earth is a living, breathing thing. it-it-" she tried to discribe it, "calling the earth dirt is like calling redwoods twigs. everything in this world has a strong, a force behind it and that force has it's own will. be it a rock who's will is to remain immoble or to protect, or hold something or a worm who's will is to dig through the ground and bring nurishment, all has a purpose. This will is their soul, their spirit. i wish there were elder trees here! i do a partical commune and show you the truth."

Tsume glanced at the flustered girl, grinning a little at the pink tint to her cheek, "there just might be. Some of the Elders might have survived throughout the world, not just in Falia. even those who know nothing of them can feel the difference between and elder and an everyday tree."

Leo looked at the poor Minister and wanted to go with Elliot, but he had to get something to eat. "i'm sorry, please take care of him." he called to Elliot before walking into the dining room and smiling. "elliot's on his way, but he said we should go ahead and eat." he moved to sit opposite everyon and smiled, "good morning girls, how are you feeling?"

Lewis heard his title and looked over at where it had come from, "hmmmmm?" he saw the young prince and his lover and smiled. "princes! good to see-" bu he looked at Leo's flowing dress and remembered what it covered. he blanked out for a bit, his hands raising up to his own stomach. to give birth, to bring to give life to a child that was created by himself and the one he loved. to hold it and know that a part of him lived inside. he lowered his head and turned away, his arms craddling air as he softly began to sing a lullaby. he started to walk aain, forgetting about Elliot and Leo as he bounced the 'baby' in his arms and patted it's bum. the lullaby was one he used to sing to Elliot. having never really been a good sleeper, unless it was after sex when he was too exhausted to dream, he had volunteered to take over night duty and would stay up with elliot when he was having a rough night. he'd hold Elliot for hours, just rocking him and singing to him. He'd always be found in the morning curled around the sleeping Elliot, on more than one occasion he'd somehow contortioned himself into the crib, the both of them sleeping on peacefully.

"it's ok, El. it's ok," he said softly, smiling down at his empty arms, "everything will be ok. soon you'll be a daddy and-" and know what it was like to have helped create life too. Lewis couldn't stop the tears as his illusion broke and he saw his arms were empty. "You're going to leave me behind too-" he pressed his face into his hands and curled into a ball, crying there in the middle of the hall, half naked and broken. soon Elliot would have a child of his own and he and Leo would be so happy. so happy- and they would hold the baby and look at each other with that look. oh gods-he can't do it. he can't watch such beautiful, sweet pure love raise a child together. Even if they let him help, it would be no different. at the end of the day, he had nothing. he would be alone. Elliot wouldn't even have time to yell at him anymore. a half laugh brought through the sobs, but he shook his head and curled further in one himself. "just like before-just like..." he'd dissapeared for a time after elliot was born. just hid himself within the castle, too much of a damned coward to leave their walls alone, but he knew what he was doing and knew every nook and cranny of this place. no one could find him, he hide himself too well and for a month he remained hidden. but every night, he couldn't help himself. he would sneak into Al's room and silently watch them as they slept. they were so happy, why was he even there? why bother to stay and get in the way? he was nothing, just a bother. he got between them, the awkward former lover that no one wanted around. he would sneak out before they wake, doing this over and over until he finally got caught. Lewis wanted to dissapear again. wanted to vanish into the castle walls, to become a ghost once more. "Elliot would kill me-" he whispered, smiling once again through the tears when he thought of the young man's reaction should he catch Lewis watching them as they slept.

Tsume grinned, "that makes you the omega. the one in charge of all the comfort and loven' in the pack." he filled his plate not that Leo was there and start to eat.

"You can feel it! you can feel the life in the air, on the ground, everywhere! even this table has a history, has a thousand tales to tell, but only if you know how to listen." she shook her head and took some cheese and fruits, eating as well. this was making her hungry. "can't you feel the energy in the air? like-like when you go outside on a cold morning and breath in and just feel energy filling you?"

Leo chuckled, "i see. we'll leave them to it unless it comes to blows then." he filled his plate with food and stated to eat, putting down a lot more than he usually ate in a full day together, but he was still starving. "welcome back." he said, looking at Elliot with worried eyes, "how did it go?"

Lewis jerked a little when he felt hands touching him and sat up, expecting to see his beloved king. "sorry, Al, i'm ok," he said automatically, but it wasn't Alvaro that was next to him. "Shi-shi," he frowned a little and let the tear be wiped away. "it is nothing, my boy, nothing at all." his usual smile and happy deminor fell over him like a cloak and he patted Kashi's cheek. "i just seem to have lost my pants and, in my embarassment, needed to find a way to draw attention and aquire help. it seems to have worked!" he winked before looking around, "though i hoped my pants would have heard and come themselves. such a bother finding them all the time. they run away from me, you know."

Tsume shook his head, "you aren't last. you are hearding, the omega loves the group so much she follows behind and watches them, making sure non lag behind and walking beside those who fall behind." he doubted she'd understand something that made perfect sense to a wolf though.

Nix laughed softly, "if a driad came and spoke to the wood of the barn they would be able to see it, if they were also a mage they might even be able to recreate the scene with astrial projections of the tree of you. thought you might not want to say you did that too loudly or your brother will hear."

Leo nodded sadly and looked down, "only erasing his memories might have a chance at healing him, but there also might be too much damage. even the loss of his past might not be enough." The Minister must have been a short haired bentien as well as a fie. the poor man-Leo finished eating, and was so full he felt he would burst. he'd never willingly eaten so quickly in his life.

Lewis took the offered hand and pulled himself up, but he kept a firm grip once he was standing, not letting him go. right now he needed that contact, even if it meant Kashi was able to feel his hand shaking. "right, right. must put on my pants, Elliot already yelled at me once-though he did give up rather quickly." he laughed at that as he head back for his room, but he knew why Elliot had given up. He was crazy, not stupid. Elliot tried but knew how far gone Lewis had been so he gave up. His hatred of the man was such that he only yelled about the pants for appearances purposes. "yes, indeed. wouldn't want to be yelled at." but this time he said it softer, looking down and sounding rather close to tears again.

Tsume nodded, "There you go. at least that's how the pack works. The alpha and omega can be male or female, but a lot of times they are mates since their roles as so important to the pack."

Nix smiled, "good to hear. poor Justin-i bet he cried." knowing him Nix would be shocked if he hadn't cried. "it's a good thing Elliot wasn't happy about it, I can't imagine how terrifying it would be to be trapped and forced to remove all of my clothing." she shook her head and finished the banana she had been eating, full.

Leo looked over at Emily when Elliot said 'parasite' and prayed the girl would keep his secret, but she didn't say anything and he let out a tiny sigh of relief. "You could say that. i don't think i've eaten that much in my life!" he laughed and rubbed his stomach, "at least you wont have to worry about me not eating enough anymore." he was curious about where Emily's question had come from, but he smiled, "Our ancestry is the reason we have the mark, Emily. It is rare for anyone but certain species to have them. Ours comes from the unicorn that was mated to our Great-Great Grandmother."

Lewis smiled, "no. i believe he is finished with the crazy old man. tired of his fits, he'll ignore me now." but he nodded about Al finding him, usually the man did but he was busy, too busy to babysit his broken foundling. when asked if Elliot did something he bit his lip. "El is-he's going to be starting a family. he'll be up to his knees in fat babies. have a loving companion-and i'll just watch it all. i'll be outside looking in all of my life, won't i?" he smiled and shook his head, "forever an outsider."

Tsume chuckled, "And i like women, not little girls." he rubbed her hair gently, "So how about we settle for friends? heck, i might even come to think of you girls as family someday."

Nix smiled, "one time my friends were saying i couldn't climb trees very fast because i was a girl. so i challenged them to a contest. everyone put on long dresses and had to climb to the top of the tree while being timed. if i beat all of them, they had to wear the dresses for a weak. if i lost to any of them i had to admit that i was slower because i was a girl and cook them lunch for a week." she grinned, "they didn't even stand a chance."

Leo nodded, "I'll be careful." he'd been surprised how good the chicken had tasted. the smell of it had made his mouth water and he'd actually not gotten sick after eating a few bites. he didn't want anymore after that single leg, but he wondered if he needed to eat more protein. "no, not necessarily. Unicorns are the reason we have marks, but there are many different species that bear marks as well. why do you ask? have you met someone else with a mark? it could always be a tattoo, those are not uncommon."

Lewis nodded, "Right. pants." were they family? Al kept saying they were, but what kind of family were they? family had died with Reinette. he rummaged through his drawer and pulled out a pair of black pants. they slipped on easily and he turned to look at Kashi, smiling, "done." he didn't notice they were inside out. or he'd put them on backwards. even after all these years, he still didn't seem able to get the hang of pants.

Tsume sighed, "like I said. he challenged me, i told him to back down and that was that. doesn't mean we aren't friends, right pup?" he scratched Ludwig's head and the dog wagged it's tail. he knew he'd have been licked if Ludwig hadn't been trying to eat the leaf of lettuce still.

Nix laughed, "Well none of them knew how to move in a dress so they tried to climb it like they normally did and kept tripping so it was kind of unfair. but i made my point." she shrugged and played with the banana peel, "you're pretty amazing for being so strong about what you want."

Leo looked down, "my only experience with it was different from most. but from what i understand, to get it inked normally isn't terribly painful, just a little. but asking is always the best solution when you aren't sure about something."

Lewis looked at Kashi and then down at his pants and frowned. "seems they are on wrong, damn. thought i had them right this time. damned things. i thought that kept coming off because i had the opening on the wrong end." he reached around and working on undoing the pants and stepping out of them. he moved close to Kashi and crouched down by his pants, looking at them closely before moving to pull his pants right side out. "there. now for your reward-" he grinned darkly, "i need to work on opening pants.w ill you let me practise?" his hands were already working, but he kept his eyes up on Kashi's face.

Tsume nodded, "right. i wasn't being mean and he was saying sorry. you thought i was being mean at first, but we were talking." he chuckled and shook his head, "i guess it's a canine thing."

Nix smiled and began to pull the peel apart, weaving it into design as she waited for the others finished. but Emily took off and she wondered if she should follow after. "uh-where's she going?" she asked Martha, frowning.

"Depends on the reason why you got it. Some people get ones they are embarassed byt and try to hide-" but Emily was down and hurrying away, making him frown a little. "i wonder what got into her?" he was tired now, his belly full and his eyes were taking longer and longer to open after each blink. he put his head on Elliot's shoulder and sighed softly, "maybe she saw it in an embarassing place."

Lewis looked down and then licked his lips as he met Kashi's eyes. "don't worry, i'll take care of you." he opened Kashi's pants and slipped his hand inside, gently taking the man out of his pants. "seems like there is something i need to take care of before i close them again." he let his tongue flick out again and started on his treat.

Nix smiled, "it's ok. we'll wait for you Anna. we can go to the garden after lessons. Tsume? are you going to teach us too?"

Tsume smiled, "if you want. today was going to be fighting so you have another day to do that homework i assigned, but if you want to do something different if the others join us, that's ok."

Nix looked at the two sisters still there, "what do you want to do?"

Leo smiled, "no, i don't want to go to the bedroom. i'll go to the study." he took the hand Elliot was using to stroke his hair and curled hsi fingers with his lover's. "i'll be ok." he nuzzled closer to Elliot, almost asleep already, "let me stay with you?"