Here I'm calling // open+500th post // in the hope that you'll see me

[align=center][div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 10pt; width: 60%; text-align: justify;"]From the shadows, piercing blue eyes observe the tender moment with mild annoyance. Coldblue is not supposed to be here. He only followed behind Goldie because he is bored and at a loss for what to do with himself. Aunt Rose is busy at the moment, which means his next best choice is to "babysit" his sister. Poor Goldie certainly did not sign up for the protective brother treatment, but her recent run-ins with death and sickness have struck the one chord in his cold, cold heart that actually gives a damn. As far as the young tomcat is concerned, Pincher has not earned his trust, especially when he promotes Goldie to high positions when she is suffering from injuries! That girl will do anything for their father, and Blue thinks it is cruel of Pincher to take advantage of Goldie's feelings. That is how he perceives it, anyways. It is not as if anyone has ever tried to sit down and speak with him, try to get him to see how things really are.

The youth has always been on the outside. Just like now, as he observes his sister waiting and waiting outside a room before cautiously entering. She must have a received an invitation from someone--an invitation that did not include him. Coldblue tries not to be bothered by the notion, telling himself that he does not want to be involved with whatever stupid things is going on; but it stings. It reminds him that he really is an outsider in his own family—a black sheep. Feeling a little envious, the seal lynx bengal creeps closer, poking his head around the door to see Jacob and Pincher in a romantic embrace. It only confirms what Blue has been suspecting for a while: that the healer is in a relationship with their father. He wonders, briefly, if Goldie knows, but he dismisses that thought almost immediately. Pincher disguised their relations well, but Blue is particularly perceptive. Just because he is almost always left out does not mean that he does not see what is going on.

Blue remains silent, just watching. There is nothing he has to say.