This kickstarted my muse for sure Mily!

She had been looking for him ever since she had to make a sudden break for herbs after Hollow allowed him to join. One look at him and she knew why she had fallen for him while they were younger. He was passionate, kind, caring, everything that she was. Their personalities worked so well, but Asha was still unsure. Could she really tell Miccah about all she had gone through? How would he react to know that Bane was her child, that Bane was a child forced upon her. Would he leave her because of it? She hoped not, or else there was nothing left to say here. Nothing to live for. A sadness greatest in the heart is the loss of a mind. She remembered that one lesson from everything her mother had taught her.

@Miccah was everything to her, an important part of her past and hopeful an important part of her future. Whenever she saw him, she was reminded that the world was full of hopes. He made her feel like that rambunctious and goofy yearling that she once was. She was happy around him, she behaved a little awkwardly. but the most important part was that she felt safe for the first time since Bane was conceived. She felt like she would never be harmed despite everything that could happen. We were both young, but now, we're older. We're matured, but he still had his effects on me. He was all I needed. She had thought a lot about it.

Finally, the man with the dark brown, well, black pelt, came into view. She smiled a mile wide as she ran up to him. "I've been looking for you Bane." She said, it was a name she only used when others were not around. After all, they might go 'Wait what? Bane is a pup!' But when they were alone, she knew that he knew that she was talking to him. That was all that mattered. "So did you talk to Nina yet? How are you settling in?" She rattled off more questions.

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Asha gave a laugh and listened to him answer her questions. She plopped her butt on the ground and listened, nothing had changed it seemed. Proper tonged as usual, she couldn't help but hold a huge grin. "It took me a while to settle in when I joined Copper Rock Creek, the mother pack, so to speak, of this pack. Nina wasn't always alpha, she's always been a really good friend. She's just going through a difficult time.... her son Tacoma past away." She said, her voice filled with sadness when she mentioned the young pup had passed. "We do have so much to catch up on. But you first. What happened after I left?" She asked, curious to know what had fallen on him and her birth pack.

That and she was still trying to figure out how to explain the whole 'she had a child named Bane' thing to him. She looked a little withdrawn too, like she was really thinking about how to word it. There have been some.... not so okay developments since we last saw each other Miccah. Its a really long story and not something I care to relive. But I have a pup now, his name is Bane. Named after you, and before you jump to conclusions... She had no idea how to word that she had been raped. She tried to think back to how Hollow explained to Nina. Hollow had found her and brought her home after all. Bane wasn't... expected. In fact, I didn't even know the man. He was evil and vicious, understand what I'm saying? No? I can't understand what I'm saying.

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He noticed her staring off. Asha shook her head. "Miccah, everything feels the same, but everything is so different now. There’s been a recent development that you need to know about." She said with a shaky voice, her eyes almost showing the ache she felt inside. She didn’t want to send mixed signals, so she tried to explain it like she had in her thoughts. "There have been some.... not so okay developments since we last saw each other Miccah. It’s a really long story and not something I care to relive. But I have a pup now, his name is Bane. Named after you, and before you jump to conclusions..." She paused and took a deep breathe, trying to figure out how to explain it.

"Bane wasn't... expected. In fact, I didn't even know the man. He was evil and vicious, understand what I'm saying? I don’t know how to describe it….." Her breathe was shaky, she felt like her old self when she was with him, but how was he going to react to her statements? She had noticed that he had cut off his words. She felt like, from what he said, she knew what it was he was going to say. She pretended not to hear it; he had cut off for a reason. "But things are so much better now, Nina and Hollow, they helped me through it and really saved my life." She finished, trying to reassure him that it was fine. "I just…. I’ve been really up in the clouds when it comes to how to explain it."

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Ashanti was worried about how he was going to react to this.... a lot had changed about her and not so much had changed about him. A deep breathe was omitted when he went over and nuzzled her neck, licking her face too. She nuzzled him in the neck and when he asked if Bane knew, she pulled away to answer him. "Yes, he knows. He found out when he started asking questions about his father. I couldn't tame his curiosity with vague details, so Nina and Hollow supported me telling him the truth. He deserves to know about his father." She said with a small sigh, she wasn't much of a mother, at least not a good mother. Nina understood children more, she was a healer who had little understanding of how to talk to children, let alone be a good parent.

How was she suppose to teach them? She had no idea, but then she spoke again. "I've missed you so much Bane, not a moment went by where I didn't wish you were by my side once more. Isen came here a while back, before everything happened, but she disappeared after and everyone else sees her as abandoning us. I'm just glad your here to stay." She whispered solemnly. She gave his cheek a lick and smiled. "We should probably move to a less depressing topic." She said with a small laugh, her eyes filled with an emotion she didn't know. It was a mixture of comfort, love, and maybe a little sadness that so much had changed.

One thing was evident. Her feelings were still the same; she loved him.

Fade out with your next post maybe?

Ashanti had been really excited for when herself and Miccah got to see each other and catch up, and now that the depressing story was off her chest she managed to maintain peace in her mind once more. She had been so worried as to how Miccah would react to the news of her child, but he seemed to take it well like the benevolent man that he was. Asha specialized in Poultices and herbal remedies, but when the moose came to her nose, she noticed it and focused on it. It was only seconds later that Miccah seemed to notice it too. He asked her if she could smell it and she nodded. That was the same old Miccah, thinking those herbs had clogged her nose.

She threw a small chuckle into the air as she pursued the man that she had fallen for with due time. As they approached it, the scent of bear grew stronger, and stronger, and stronger. She hoped that the bear was not there, for that was an entirely different issue. She had to focus on getting the food and maybe dragging it back to the cache. One thing was certain however, the bear had found and eaten from it. She was not sure how much food it had to offer and she had no idea how much the bear had picked at it. "Miccah, surely with a bear there can't be much left..." She breathedm her alto voice barely breaching the air around her.