The starry-pelted tom sighed and pressed his paw to ground, flattening the dewy, shining grass beneath his pad as he thought about the family he'd unwittingly left behind. He did that pretty often, it seemed. It helped him to... Well, he wasn't quite sure. Maybe it made him feel closer to them? He smiled a bittersweet smile, his ears twitching in a manner that made it seem like they were tempted to flatten. He nodded once. "I feel like I miss them more and more with each day that goes by, in fact."















