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Thorn seemed overly excited at the sudden increase in people around him, the air nearly vibrating with his energy as he bounced on his toes. Pale blue eyes, almost grey, looked over at their host with anticipation. "You have fruit?" He asked, a grin splitting his lips. "Apples?" The idea of his favorite food being offered already had Thorn stepping forward, only to be stopped by Sage's hand that grabbed a fist full of Thorn's shirt, halting him in his tracks.

Orange gaze sending a quiet warning to the Pegasus, Sage forced the young raven back behind him as he stepped between Halo and Thorn. "Thorn is my charge," the Wendigo explained, his voice eerily stoic. Thorn could sense how uncomfortable Sage was around this many people he didn't know, always having had a trust issue whereas Thorn gave his away too easily. "I'll tend to his needs myself."

It was always like this; since Sage had rescued him from the human village he'd been kept at. The Wendigo's coddling was as comforting as it was suffocating when they were around strangers, Thorn periodically testing the limits of Sage's patience by starting conversations with others before knowing whether or not they can be trusted. However, together the two seemed to balance each other out; one untrusting, the other too trusting. Every once in a while they'd meet nicely in the middle, but this did not seem to be one of those days as Sage hid Thorn behind him.

Ignoring the Wendigo's obvious attempt to keep him quiet and unnoticeable, Thorn turned to the stranger who had yet to introduce himself. "Did you fly here?" he asked, eyes bright. "Sorry, you just smell like cold air and clouds. I wanted to fly here, but Sage refused to accept the ride so we had to walk instead." Thorn rolled his eyes at Sage, ignoring the orange glare from the corner of the Wendigo's eyes.

Shaking his head, Sage turned his attention back to Halo. "If you couldn't tell already, this is Thorn." He moved to the side only slightly to expose the Pegasus that ironically stood taller than the one hiding him. "I am Sage," he finally introduced himself. "I will take food to Thorn once we've settled, as for myself..." He trailed off slightly. As a Wendigo, the only thing he could eat was human and preferably alive moments before he starts feeding. Unfortunately, as they were in a place no humans could get to, he would have to hunt later after Thorn was settled in and Sage was sure he was safe.

"I'll hunt later," he finished. Due to his age, he was able to suppress his hunger far longer than any others of his kind. But that was still only a handful of days and already it had been more than a few trying to get Thorn here, never hunting in the Pegasus's presence as he knew how the young one felt about his feeding habits.

(This is probably poop because I had to rewrite it after closing the tab on myself. ಥ_ಥ I fail.)