Snippet #1540241

Icarus sighed as he tried to concentrate. When he was younger, he watched a man suffering, dying. The man had jumped off a building, but the fall didn't kill him immediately. Icarus felt the broken ribs, the shattered leg. He could barely stay conscious from the agony. In a desperate attempt to alleviate his own pain, he began to heal the man. After a half hour of agony, the man died, taking his pain with him. As the last of the absorbed injuries regenerated, he passed out as his mind retreated from the pain. He imagined himself in a wide open field, tall grass surrounding him. In front of him, lay a bird that had the same injuries as the man who had jumped from the building. He winced as he felt the creature's pain. after a moment, he started to heal the bird, but he was stopped as he felt something soft brush against his side.

A cat with short black fur and bright yellow eyes rubbed up against him. It purred softly as he hesitantly petted it, before turning back to the bird. As he started healing it again, the cat hissed at him and batted his hand away with a paw. Icarus watched as the cat circled the bird before pressing a paw against the bird's chest and bending down, biting sharply into it's neck. Icarus sighed as he felt the creature's pain fade.

Thinking back to this memory, a black orb appeared behind Icarus, slowly forming into the form of the cat, which stretched lazily before rubbing against Icarus affectionately before bumping his elbow with it's head, demanding it be pet.

Icarus opened his eyes and smiled as the cat crawled into his lap and began purring softly as he started to pet it. "Hey, there. Long time no see." Icarus smiled as he scratched behind the cat's ears. "So what can I call you?" The cat looked up to him with it's bright yellow eyes before speaking. I'm Kuro. I thought you would know that. I am your guardian, after all.