They remained on their belly, staring up at Azrael. They looked at each other and huddled together, whispering softly to one another, glancing at them while they mumbled.
Koi and Luci nodded, and then Luci spoke,
The hydra was pretty shocked by the show of protectiveness. They were a stranger, after all. So they did what any reasonable person would. Change the subject and think it over nev- later. Later! They'd think it over later.
They were conflicted, and it showed in their respective emotions. Luci was grumpy, distrustful, hiding behind the other heads. Koi wanted to trust, she wanted to be friends.. and Hellfire? He wasn't sure what to think, so he hid it behind a wall of airheadedness and hoped no one noticed.
Luci wasn't sure whether to be offended or not so he just stuck his tongue out at Hellfire and turned away, pouting.
His frown deepened. If his assumption was right, Vargas had probably taken this creature in from hatching. They knew no home but his. And to feel endangered in their own home was something that sat uncomfortably in his stomach. Home was supposed to be safe. His tail lashed behind him as his scowl (not directed at Bloodstone) darkened.
At the request for his name, he held his head up taller.
He wasn't exactly offended by Hellfire's comment, but it had him grumbling darkly.
...He liked to think that Forgraves, at least, saw him as nice.
Luci glared a bit, ever the spitfire,
The center head made a noise of offense and Koi just sighed again. Idiots. They bickered for a few moments before she snapped at them both to get them to stop and shut up, since Azrael was talking again.
Hellfire blinked and worked his jaw,
Azrael looked between the three heads, eyes narrowed with displeasure. They didn't seem to get along very well, despite the fact that they were attached to the same body, the same legs and wings. They all shared a heart and a gem...so why did they fight?
But then it seemed his question was answered a moment later when they all agreed on Luci's opinion of Vargas. An opinion which finally got a more positive reaction out of Azrael. A smile curled his lips and he snorted with amusement, which turned into a short chuckle.
At their request, he tilted his head, one hand coming up to thoughtfully stroke at his goatee.
She'd totally tricked them into saying their favorite color was pink. Sly little thing.
Koi cocked her head as she watched Azrael stroke at his beard, her eyes widening as she watched.
Hellfire and Luci turned to give Koi puppy eyes, making her hesitate before she sighed and nodded,
Luci and Hellfire cheered, their arms flying up before they fell forward and caught themselves. She was so tired of these idiots.
He raised a brow, gaze flicking between each of the heads.
He nodded again at Luci.
Koi looked like she was in pain just listening them bicker again. She smacked them with their tail and looked away innocently as they snapped their heads to glare at her, but at least they weren't fighting.
Hellfire grabbed her ear and she snarled, fire pooling in her maw before she spat it at the two, sending them reeling back as she spat the rest onto the ground and coughed. Luci went to do the same back only for Hellfire to smack him, all three of them fighting and snapping at each other, a fight for dominance that none of them were able to win.
Azrael's words of them being free snapped them out of it. Hellfire had a hole of Luci's ear and Koi had his nostril in his mouth, and slowly, they broke apart, coughing the last of the fire from their mouths.
Azrael rolled his eyes, although it was difficult to see with the glowing white pupils.
His nostrils flared and he growled threateningly when they began to fight with each other. He didn't intervene immediately - perhaps this was a little battle that they needed to have, to get it out or assert dominance over each other but as magic began to drag in and it went on for longer then needed, he opened his mouth to let out a roar and break up their fighting. However, they stopped just before he had the chance.
He paused. That was a good question, then, if they were so distant from the rest of the world that all they knew how to do was feed themselves. He let out a thoughtful grunt.
He stared intensely at Blackwing for a moment. Thoughts were grinding in his head. An idea he was resisting was welling up in the back of his mind.
Blackwing stared at Azrael, all three heads looking and watching, brows furrowed in worry, anger, or confusion. Koi shuffled and looked down, yellow eyes averted.
But they'd left soon after, searching for this cave again, for a hole to hide in to maybe just sleep for a while until they didn't feel so scared anymore. All of this out here was scarier than Vargas, but it was better than that woman, and that's why they stayed. Out here was better than that.
A soldier thrust out into the world, having grown up in a bootcamp being taught to use their body as a weapon rather than how the outside world functioned. It was sad.
Luci was, for once, quiet, and gently leaned against Hellfire, looking away as they contemplated something.
Azrael nodded with agreement.