VENUS AMBASSADOR― joining

merihem was greeted with the sight of copper, and he shuddered out of fear. strangers. all of them, he realized. he was ten months- not exactly a child, but not an adult- but he was still terrified of people he didn't know. in all his travels, he had been completely alone.

"hi cooper," the chunky male responded sheepishly, not making eye contact. "uhm, i... i need sanctuary. i'm..." could he tell them that he too was a runaway? just like the brother he had so despised for abandoning his own family? he imagined his parents, having to deal with the loss with their only living two sons. then a bitterness washed over him- they were cats, they could have twenty more children if they desired. it was their fault malphas ran away, and it was their fault for not stopping merihem from doing the same.

"i'm a loner," this was technically true- his family belonged to no clan. he then realized he had to stop thinking like that- if he were to keep up a lie, he had no family. "i'm an orphan, too." you liar. they can see it in your face, he thought. "my parents were killed only a moon ago and i've been wandering ever since. i'm very hungry and thirsty and i might pass out," he complained, not lying about the passing out part. he was incredibly weak.