LOST BOY ¤¤ open && M/G

The voice behind the call is unfamiliar to Jericho.  Such thoughts always fill him with an odd sense of guilt — as leader, isn't he expected to know everyone?  As leader, shouldn't he be greeting each and every joiner?  As leader, how can he let people slip through the cracks?  There's another part of him that knows he's being too hard on himself, that these expectations aren't entirely realistic, but he can't help but feel he just isn't trying hard enough.  Nonetheless Jericho, always looking for the lighter side, decides to push those thoughts away and instead use this as an opportunity to make up for missed ones.  Even if newcomers do arrive without him there as part of the welcoming committee, the Helion figures he can always introduce himself later as he intends to do now.

The little tomcat limps forth just after Persephone arrives, seating himself slowly to take the weight off of his three legs while he listens to her own greeting.  He smiles softly, gently but still with a reserved kind of politeness as his blind honey gaze turns to flicker across Inu, settling to stare in his vague direction.  "Ah, I'm Jericho.  It's nice to meet you, uh..." he trails off, allowing the end to raise in intonation to form a question around where the stranger's name should be.  Nevertheless he clears his throat lightly and adds, "You — ah, y-you're new, right?  How are you settling in?"