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^^A few days ago, the phoenix king had met with an interesting fellow of a nearby pack, who had claimed this little forest as their hunting grounds. Which meant that there might be a chance to fix the trust that Ozai’s temper had broken. It would take effort and time, and while no other canine had been given such things, - not even the one who named him Kishi - Ozai was determined to prove to himself that he could do it.

He was also determined not to continue his streak of pissin’ people off, so he hunted off the pack grounds, and only returned with two bones in his mouth, as to not get wrongfully accused of hunting in places he shouldn’t be, and thus, sat down by the river, glancing up at the mountain, bone in mouth, with the other by his feet, and the tilt of his head.

Was he even allowed to request an audience with the king, or should he just wait for him to show up? He supposed he would wait for now.

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^^Yeah, okay, it probably would had been wise to ask Heiro if he had a schedule for fishin’ and hunting before just showing up and expecting the King to be there - but alas, Ozai was not a wise man. He felt more so like a fool, sitting and waiting around for the gorgeous face of Vanderfell to make his appearance. What if he’d seen him and decided that he hadn’t wanted to deal with Ozai again?

And it was as if Heiro had heard those thoughts and proved him wrong, because no sooner did the voice pipe up, and Ozai glanced over with a smile and a wag of his tail. “Hey there beautiful!” Ozai barked back, with a smirk, “I was beginning to wonder if I’d been stood up.” Which was a joke in itself, because Ozai was the one who’d come unannounced. He’d grin with a wink to show that he was joking, and hopefully Hiero was in a light enough mood to catch on to the joke and not… make things more awkward. Imagine that, right?

“It’s nice to see you again, too! I brought you this gift because I thought you might like it.” And really, because Ozai had messed up last time, and he was socially awkward, and had no friends. “How’ve ya been? Good, I hope?”^^

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^^This friendly banter was a nice, welcomed change of pace; better than the snarling aggression things could have turned into last time, but he cast those thoughts aside for the time being. If Heiro was willing to look past them, then so was he, and so far that’s exactly what it seemed like. Anyone passing by or eavesdropping wouldn’t have known that there was a sour spot in their very brief history, and Ozai liked that.

It felt odd to be called kind, or to bestow a gift upon anyone, but alas, Ozai smiled sheepishly though he shook his head. “I have not met anyone else exciting or done anything eventful less you count rollin’ in something that smelled really good.. ” which, to Ozai, was something totally foul smelling.

“There’s not much fun to being alone. You’d like to think that having all the freedom to whatever would be fun, but… it’s so boring.” Ozai yawned to express just how boring it was. “ What about you? I’m sure being in a high rank means there’s lots of fun, right?”

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^^Ozai nodded in a direction towards the king with the tilt of his head. “Aye mate, it’s about northish of here. Behind the mountain that I assume your pack lives on and the other mountain that I also assume another pack lives on.” Ozai chuckled with a smirk. Wolves and their mountains, amirite? “But I’m sure we can also find other good things to roll on closer.” Ozai offered, wondering if he had broken some rule and hadn’t been allowed to roll around on his land, or if the king was actually interested in that type of thing.

Wolves and their packs and their rules. Sometimes a wolf couldn’t hunt on their ground. Other times, it was allowed, and Ozai just couldn’t keep up. He’d always been a loner, though, so he supposed he had a lot to learn.

Ozai smirked as Hiero went to explain a wee bit about what it was like to be someone important. He took note of the mention of children with the arch of his brow. “There’s never really a dull moment with little ones around though, so I would definitely call that exciting! ” More exciting than the boooring lonesome life that Ozai lead. Nonetheless, Ozai would chuckle until Heiro asked about taking a look, and Ozai’s smile vanished, as his laughter was replaced by complete confusion.

“Forgive me if I’ve missed something, lad, but take a look… at.. what?” Surely, he didn’t mean the children?

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^^And here Ozai had thought that they would make more idle, meaningless conversation until Hiero decided he’d had enough and went on his way. Only, shockingly, that didn’t happen, and suddenly, Ozai was being offered a chance to look inside the magic vault of Vanderfall.

“ Oh! I’m sorry, my head must be in the clouds, ha.. I’m sorry, yes. I’d love to take a look and to get to know your people… but if they’re as handsome as you are, I’m afraid that I will have trouble leaving!” Ozai barked a laugh and then a wink, suddenly unsure if he was just being friendly or actually flirting this time. He would say nothing more as he waited for the king to lead him to his kingdom.

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