From the corner of his eye, he can see a pair of antlers bobbing and weaving as their owner tries to see past the sun-blindness in his eyes. Chronos pays him little mind as he continues to observe the rest of the world around him. His father said he used to wander here at night when he couldn’t sleep or whenever he didn’t want to go home. That was long before he ever met Leliana, though, and so Chronos begins to wonder what he does now when he can’t sleep. He tilts his red head as he lets his thoughts continue to wander unhindered.
That is, until those antlers sway closer in his direction. He blinks his bright green eyes as though to rein his meandering mind back in so he can focus on the stranger properly. The thing that shouts and shambles toward him is too thin and he looks like he’s woven from shadows. Perhaps out of fear, the brilliant red of Chronos’s body turns to dark green and black scales. His mane and tail remain intact, flowers and all, as Velkan asks his questions.
He blinks again and takes an uneasy step back as he considers the query, still on edge.
“I got them from my mother. My sister Larke has them too,” he explains with suspicious eyes. His posture and his tone suggests he is as kind as the serpent boy’s twin but he has never seen anything quite like him. “How did you get… like that?”
He gestures with his small nose as the scales ease away from his face to reveal the bright red of his bay coat. Inch by inch, he lets his guard down but he maintains the distance between them all the same. Chronos reminds himself that his sisters are terrifying to some and yet they are kinder than most, a thought which inspires a small sliver of shame within him. The boy edges a little closer and reaches out to lightly sniff at Velkan curiously but he doesn’t touch him just yet.
“My name is Chronos. What’s yours?” he asks, straightening up as the black orchids in his mane continue to tremble.
Chronos
sometimes he calls me baby and I swallow my own tongue
sometimes he hands me the knife just to watch me give it back
@[Velkan]