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Date Posted: 15:32:01 03/20/02 Wed
Author: Akartis
Subject: Awakening...
In reply to: Akartis 's message, "Arrival on a hovercart..." on 09:29:49 03/10/02 Sun

*The sound of a thick Koratian voice awakens the male. Ears twitching, he absorbs the stranger's scent and name. A red, but a female. No threat. No threat. Blearily, Akartis opens his pale grey-lavender eyes, gradually focusing on the stocky Asai. He breathes out in a sigh that almost sounds like an inaudible 'hello,' before twitching his ears. Where is Ayrist? Her scent is not present. A whimper lodges in his throat and he swallows, refusing to appear weak any longer. He listens to Apollo and Cleo's now-familiar voices, oddly comforted by their presence. Two very young voices speaking his name draws his attention from Asai to Miracle and Beauty, and for the first time since the beginning of his battle, he drops his jaw in a smile. There are so few cubs on Terole, and those few so precious...*

*Akartis shakes himself slightly, his hide twitching. The movement causes him to pause and take stock. The fog-mist that had dampened his pale fur has waned and nearly vanished. There are no broken bones left, though the profound ache in his shoulders keeps him very, very still. His open wounds are gone, the muscles and tendons knitted nicely back together. His tail blade is sore, and dimly he remembers Caleway's strike and his badly-angled block. With a glance to the blade, he shudders as the bone liquifies and heals completely. Aside from being ravenous, and aside from the ache in his shoulders, Akartis is healed!*

*Stubbornly, the male shoves himself upright, leaning on his haunches heavily to take the weight off his forearms and sitting on his tail blade in a futile effort to quell the ache there. His vision clears and he fans his whiskers, taking stock of who is around him. The Lepunihorn family, their canine companions. Asai, and the motionless healer. His slender ears flick forward. "Thank you," he directs at the healer, before turning a tired grin on Cleo, Apollo, and the rest. "Thank you," he repeats, true gratitude colouring his quiet voice. Audibly, his stomach rumbles, and the male almost laughs at the sound. Unwilling to ask more of his friends than what they've already given him, his muzzle quests about, trying to scent any fresh meat in the area.*

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Replies:

Re: Awakening... -- Seacne, 19:30:59 03/20/02 Wed
- Nods... -- Akartis, 21:14:37 03/20/02 Wed
  - Re: Nods... -- Asai`velan, 21:56:42 03/20/02 Wed
    - ... -- Akartis, 20:29:18 03/21/02 Thu
      - Re: ... -- Seacne, 11:13:01 03/23/02 Sat
        Grins -- Asai`velan, 13:59:35 03/23/02 Sat
        ... -- Akartis, 16:17:19 03/23/02 Sat
        Re: ... Her tail flickers upward and dances in the air -- Cleo/ Apollo, 07:06:34 03/24/02 Sun