Rift's tail thumped against the ground and his head sunk down. He didn't want Sebastian to leave. No, he couldn't leave. This was their forest! This was their home! And he was supposed to be there for Rift! But he knew that he couldn't force him to do anything...or could he? No, that would be wrong. He had the right to be his own creature. Even if that meant, and it was hard for Rift to even think it, leaving the cave.
When his tongue began to brush down his fur, Rift didn't move for a moment. Like minded others? Like Splotch, wherever she had gone? No, nobody else would stay. He knew that they were the only ones. And he had been the one to raise Sebastian in the love in the first place. Which meant he was the only one.
This thought completely soured his mood and he stepped away from Sebastian's grooming and shook out his pelt uncomfortably.
Without another word, he turned and walked back to their home under the tree, so many thoughts whirling in his head to the point where he didn't know what he was thinking any more. He had work to do on his garden.
*exit, unless Sebastian stops him or joins him
@Sebastian