He'd been different since his father's death, and was beginning to become a little bolder, a little less paranoid. This wasn't aided however, with the disappearance of his mate, Tsukiko. Mbari didn't know where she'd gone, and was devastated that he couldn't find her. This however, was a long while ago now.
The male lay in the sun, amber eyes trying to focus on the horizon and let go of everything that had kept swirling in his mind.
Quaji
