forum “ there's nothing left to say now.”

Started November 08, 2021 by Deleted user

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“ yeah, he's just commingg out of that cold.” he mumbled

Lorenzo nodded a bit. "Yes, but he's also had a string of rough luck since he's a crow. That's why you've been assigned to guard him. Do you even get paid for that?"

“Nope. I get paid by his love for me.” he said sweetly. He always seemed a bit happier talking about corbin, no matter how bad he was hurting.

Lorenzo sighed softly. "That's great and all, but considering this guard thing is essentially a full time job that you're not getting paid for, how are you expected to support yourself? And Corbin; he doesn't really make that much."

“ I get paid for each training regiment I pass. It's about six brand each. There's not a whole lot of blue and left that are willing to protect crows. Let alone fight. “

“ were paid to get the shit beat out of us for a stupid medal”

"That's awful. And the government and stuff is all totally okay with this? This is different than the military. It's inhumane."

Cyrus glanced at him. “ which would you rather have, someone to soft to protect corbin or someone who can take a beating and still get back up for more?” he huffed a bit “ that's how the government sees it”

"I think we should do something about crows being targeted so they don't need to be guarded in the first place." Lorenzo scoffed. "You'd think that people might actually want to put some effort into ending that."

“ …” corbin thought for a moment. “ there more worried about the strength of the nation rather then the feelings. Though you'd make a good caption.”

"Crows are just ordinary people. There's no reason that they should be targeted to the point of needing personal guards everywhere they go." Lorenzo sighed a bit, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I hate seeing these sorts of things happening to my son because of… what? His wings? We all have wings, who the hell cares? It's ridiculous. He deserves better."

“ I'm trying to give him something better. “ he said and looked to the sky. “ I only hope I can do it. It's the same dream my mom had, to end the hate between breeds and the hierarchy. She was killed ya know. Or at least I think so. All hummingbirds can survive falling back first, I can too, but when my dad came home and said she died from falling on her back I knew it was a lie..”

"The problem is, nothing can get done unless enough people rally together to do it, and I can't forsee that happening anytime soon. Just having a few people supporting a cause isn't enough to fix anything." Lorenzo was quiet for a bit. "Society is horrible like that, and there's only so much we can do about it."

“ Yeah. “ he mumbled Cyrus felt the cold breeze blow against his skin. He took a deep breath and smiled softly.

"You should probably be getting back now. We can pick up Corbin from our place on the way." Lorenzo nodded a bit and started walking.

Cyrus walked behind him. He kept quiet unless Lorenzo started a conversation

Lorenzo kept quiet as well. When they got to his house, he went inside to find Corbin and Nathaniel. A couple minutes later, Corbin came out of the house by himself and shivered a bit at the cold.

Cyrus quickly wrapped his wings around corbin. “ hey love!” he said cheerfully and with a warm smile.

"Hiiii… how was training?" Corbin asked with a yawn. The door closed behind him and he huddled into Cyrus.

“ it was.. Okay..” he strained to even say it like that. “ I ranked up and now have about a year and a half till I'm an elite. Then no more training at all.”

"Ooh, yaay… no more training." Corbin replied tiredly, taking Cyrus' hand in his own. Thankfully, he didn't seem to notice the strained tone. "Home time?"

“…you okay?” he asked softly and gave corbin a worried look

"Mm…? Yeah, I'm just tired…" Corbin turned to start walking home with Cyrus.

Cyrus kept corbin close, making a soft chirping sound

"We should probably get something to eat, yeah? I'm kinda hungry…"