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Reaol had taken a stroll away from the family den. Most dragonfly adults would have been long gone by now but somehow his family kept him close. Family. No more than an excuse to torture, ignore,and humiliate someone. Being the "runt" of sorts had created a unique outlook on the world for him. He hated his mother and father and yet he still yearned to find a way for them to see him more that perfect Basalt, fragile Frost, and confident Cobalt. Their names gave a bad taste in his mouth. He needed to get rind of it.

He rose his muzzle to the wind and sniffed for some sort of prey. A small fox was nearby, but hed have to hurry if he wanted it becuase another df was close....no there. What is wrong with him? He can't even get his food without someone else beating him there. Cobalt's face danced in front of him,
"come on loser can't you even beat a girl to your prey!" Basalts appeared now.
"Yeah Reaol, why don't you practice more?" then frost.
"See Reaol, we can't depend on you!"Reaol snarled loudly and with all the force he could muster sliced through a thin tall plant stalk in one swoop. "DAMN IT ALL!!!!" he roared.

Reaol scoffed angrily as when he heard the females warning from a short distance. Just what he needed and hormonal female to tell him where he could and could not go. "A stuff it hag this is an open forrest and no one is going to tell me where I can and can not go."He angrily walked towards the female and slashing at stalks as he passed them. Basalt's voice rang in his mind.
"You can't talk like that to a lady!" Reaol scoffed at that. She definitely didn't sound like a lady from that growl he could hear. He saw her prowling through the grass and sat down to wait for her. He wasn't really looking forward to a confrontation, especially one with a female that as far as he could tell could give his father a run for his money. He sliced another stalk with his claws and then picked it up in his mouth sucking on the end of it.

Reaol scoffed at her while he continued to suck on his plant stalk. His posture showed the opposite of respect for the green female as she spouted orders at him quite forcefully. He hated confrontation. Why couldn't dragonflies communicate intellectually instead of just biting someone? His eyes wandered about looking at the trees and tall grass."You want three reasons? Fine. How about for one that the forrest belongs to no one. It is here for all to enjoy and live freely and together." as he said these words his tone was not one of seriousness but almost one of indifference. As if he'd heard or said them a million times in a lecture."Two, if you insist on claiming a piece of the forrest you should have done your research. This part of the forrest shares its home and nutrients with my fathers rather large pack, and three no matter how much i could wish to thank you from the grave for killing me, I'm sure my pack would unfortunately maul your beautiful fur. They don't take kindly to those who wish to break up the family. Oh and not to mention the crazed red dragonfly who would assume you were one of us and kill you." He swiped at a few more stalks and replaced his current one."Would you like a stalk?"

"So you don't want a stalk then? Oh well..." he sighed and shredded it up. he was actually quite surprised that a fight had not yet broken out. He could see her tension and knew she was trying hard to not lash out. Impressive. She must have a strong will he thought. Yet she was un-informed about the land which she called her home."You know, it could be your home just as well as a squirrels or the fox you claimed. It's also home of the bugs, of the dew, of practically everything under and above you, so i wouldn't be so hasty in claiming it as only your home. Furthermore,my family has been here long before you were born my sweet and not the other way around. i believe my parents started their den here when they were pups after a tragic accident." he wouldn't bore her with the family drama he just wanted her to realize he faults so further description was not needed. He chewed at his stalk for a moment and then gave her an honest concerned look. For the first time he seemed to be serious in their meeting. "And don't speak of blood feuds for there is already one going on right underneath your nose. Your right, to ask about the red dragonfly would be nosey, but also necessary. he does not hunt for us alone so be on your guard if you intend to call this edge of your forrest home with all its other inhabitants...."his serious nature completely left him now and he yawned letting the stalk fall from his mouth."..but anyways lets not talk of such things. Its depressing."

Reaol rolled his eyes. She had so much to learn about nature. "I was not telling you off for killing a fox. I eat meat as well. I was merely reffering to the fact that there is no such thing as yours, mine or theirs. Everything on this planet is ours....." Cobalt's large empty head appeared before him and he stammered a little.
"What do you mean loser. just because you can't obtain our own territory doesn't mean the rest of us can't claim one for ourselves." Reaol shook it off and continued. He didn't want to lose it again because talking to this girl was actually stimulating. She was trying so hard and even seemed pleased with herself. He wanted to keep going and not even Cobalt could stop him. " ...it's ...it's shared by everyone and everything no matter how insignificant. Oh and those uneaten carcasses your so worried about, actually help many of the other creatures in this forrest. Plants, bugs, parasites, scavengers, injured dragonflies who can' hunt, they all depend on those to live. So what that fox was doing was just a simple part of the circle of life." he had noticed an uneaten carcass nearby him and he moved it aside with his paw. A mouse ran out of its bones and a colony of insects lived right below."See?"
"Come on Reaol...what is a bunch of bugs to me?" Cobalt's head had retuned but with an imaginary body this time.he was stamping on the bugs. Reaol's temper was short now and the slightest growl emanated from inside him even though he tried with all his might to suppress it. ".....anyways....I'm not saying any of this because i want you to leave, quite the opposite. You can listen to reason. Thats quite a rare feat around here and i enjoy it. i like you...I'n my own weird way."
"AWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEE" now it was all three. Frost, Cobalt, and Basalt."Is Reaol trying to make a friend?" said basalt with a condescending tone.
"She doesn't like you...no one does." Added Cobalt.
"I thought i was your friend?" protested frost. At this point Reaol had his eyes closed and was just sitting there silently.

Reaol took several deep breaths and shook his head a little. The voices dimmed and visions faded. He sighed. She still didn't get it. He didn't understand why there were so many who thought they could change the natural order of life. Nature took care of itself."I'm fine...really and theres nothing you have that could help me. No one can." He sliced another stalk and sucked on itagain. It seemed to help him concentrate. He apriciated her concern for others, though slightly misdirected, she was smart." You want to help others? Thats great...its a great trait creatures, but you can't change the way the world works. Nature will fix itself dear. If a fox kills too many prey, than the prey will adapt until the fox can no longer do so. He will then adapt to become stronger and more cunning than his prey. It's the natural way of the world. If we go killing off creatures we deem to be harmful to our enviornment were going to throw off the balance of nature." He looked about him. He had watched the plants grow, the bugs feed, the birds fly, the fox hunt and he had never once found that natures way was wrong. It always worked out in the end. He wanted to be able to talk to this female more, she was so interesting, though in his eyes poorly educated an the ways of nature. "So...your mother..she teaches you about herbs?" His paws shuffled a little, then he looked up at her sucking on his stalk.

Reaol smiled, it was a very valid question. Especially after one has considered to give in. "Like your mother, I too have dedicated my life to the observation of nature. I didn't like to be at home very much so ever since i was a small pup i examined every bit of it. The plants, soil,bugs, birds, fish, deer..all of it. I just watched ad learned. I even tried to observe the fish as well as my father...but sadly I'm not as heavy as him and so i can't observe for an extended period of time. Something I'm working on but still...does that sastify your question?" he looked at her chewed is stalk. He hoped that would be enough. He wasn't an expert yet, no, but he knew he still had much more to learn and was looking foreword to it. it seemed to keep him away from his family enough to keep the voices at bay for a while. That in itself was rewarding.