@pxperhearts --- QUIET.
HE’S ALWAYS HAD A SHARP EYE FOR USEFUL THINGS. he’d been peering between the jungle branches for years. an ocelot is a proud creature. an ocelot prefers to hunt alone. an ocelot prefers to pick the prey in which he’s guaranteed the best investment on. so he’d noticed quiet on day one; noticed her value and noticed the way she slowly began to look at big boss venom. she was admirable that way. she wasn’t like kazuhira; her potential lied in her ability to be dotingly loyal, not useful in the happenstance of mutual intention. yes, ocelot RESPECTED HER.
but respect wasn’t why he saved her. respect would’ve been allowing her to do what she thought best. abandon herself to the desert snow and never return. never harm nor hurt. never utter a word. as he was, ocelot was acting like a cat proudly bringing dead things to its owner’s porch. look at me, he’ll say (though he won’t----- he’s not conceited! to go above and beyond is just what should be expected!), and he’ll drop the prized bird with her wings still intact at the door to outer heaven. SHE’LL STILL BE OF USE, SNAKE!
she stirred awkwardly next to him, weak and delirious and very recently clothed. what a way to die; to cover up your nakedness, to shield yourself from god because the serpent had whispered the wisdom to be bashful. things were ironic that way. to pull those layers off wasn’t as hard as he’d expected it to be; near-suffocation had weakened her significantly, and so her movements were sheepish and dull.
〝covering yourself up is about the only way to do it, huh? smart,〞he said, soft and sharp.〝but there’s plenty more you can do for the boss besides die. you’re much more a help alive. we’d all like you better that way.〞











