Beast was confused--truth be told, aside from the ever-present fear, confused was all he was.
Vazi was lashing out verbally (again), and one of the strangers had run up and shoved him, knocking him sideways, blinking and bewildered. He couldn't speak, not yet, or not more than a few words, so the rapid cry from the other cat was merely confusing. Still, it seemed to be urging him to move, so he did, running clumsily a few bounds in the direction Dustin had pushed him.
Then he turned, looking at the stranger with, again, mere confusion--asking with his gaze what was going on, was he running the right way, why were they running?!
Vazi's voice rang out harsh, and Beast--who'd run maybe twenty yards, then stopped--immediately turned back and flattened himself to the ground, ears pinned.
He didn't know what was happening, but he didn't need to know. He knew that Vazi was furious, and when Vazi was furious, it was best to be somewhere else entirely... but not too far.
Vazi would be furious if he didn't come fast enough when called, after all.
With a frightened glance to the other cub, he tried his best to form a few words. They were very quiet, and filled with fear, and they were only echoes of Vazi's hate, but all Beast knew was that he didn't want the other cub to be stomped or gored by Vazi's tines.
"L-listen... cub-filth," he urged the other cub, his voice a near-whisper.
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