and when you smile...
the whole world stops and stares for awhile..
The woodland was probably what was considered gypsy home base to the two that still held to the lifestyle, but Kellin had been urged to live out a normal lifr, for two was not a gypsy band and Sabriel had kept saying he deserved a more normal life. The gypsies had faded away, and if the last year held any indication, they probably weren't going to come back and be a group once more. Something that was more difficult for Sabriel to deal with than Kellin, for there had never really been others for him to know in that way. Kellin had not been raised among the gypsies, and it had always been just the two of them for the most part.

Sabriel trying to bring them back was not working out well, and Kellin could see it weighing heavy on his brother. Regardless, Kellin had not accepted any place within a pack, because he had been more interested in only one pack where some relatives were. Yet they had not answered his call last time, and thus he decided that maybe he wasn't as wanted there as it had seemed before. In many ways, he understood that well enough. He hadn't stayed last time, when he was a yearling because he didn't want to be a burden to his mother's new family, so he guessed that perhaps that had been the right choice to make, as they might have resented him more.

The rest of the packs were being jumbled as it was, except maybe for Glorall. Asteraia and Diveen had recently switched leaders from challenges, and Spirane had the influx from Diveen to deal with. Taviora has some as well, and if rumor was correct, Coza's son was now on the throne there. Kellin didn't know the male, but the change had been after he had called for his relatives anyway. He had waited, dubious on the matter, but with the change, he had decided to go his own way again. Or Sabriel's way, as it were. Sabriel was the true gypsy in all of this, having been born such to parents who had been living that way. And Kellin could see how it wore on Sabriel to be so alone.

There was nothing he could do to soothe that kind of pain, so Kellin had been going off here and there under the guise of looking at the packs and thinking of which might fit him to join. Kellin wished that he felt the pull of one of them, but thus far he did not. The only pull he felt was because of Mana, and he wasn't sure what that meant, nor where she was. So far it did not seem that she was the kind to stick around, so Kellin didn;t hold too much to the matter at all. He just accepted that there were some things he couldn't change and just went on. At least he felt more at home here in the woodland. It eased his mind a little, and put a small bounce in his step.

He let his thoughts get away from him as he went, trying to be more at peace with life and his surroundings. It was a deep enough feeling and thought that he was almost taken aback when he noticed someone else roaming around not too far from him. He supposed it was a good of time as any to be friendly, and moved close enough to vocalize a friendly greeting sound. "Hello there." It was short and simple and was enough that she could either respond to him and stay to chat or go her own way. Kellin didn't mind either thing, really, but sometimes it was good to have some sort of conversation here and there with someone new.
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KELLiN!
male | seven | soulbound to mana | gypsy | tarquin & makism x hush