❆⁂⁎*❆ • .* . ⁂* • ⁎* . • . * . "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲!" ▪︎ ɢᴀʏ ▪︎ ꜱᴜʙᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ ▪︎ ʟɪᴍɪᴛʟᴇꜱꜱ ▪︎ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ

Scritching intensifies. With a smile. "You've such thick hair, Ornn."

A wistful sigh. "These are old hands. They've seen a few things over the years. And I know a forgemaster would no doubt prefer them to soft ones." A playful chuckle.

The jackal laughs. The beast's blunt response seemed to tickle him. "A little counterintuitive." He tilts his head, fixing his shendyt as he does. "I was a man. Then, I became something... More. Immortal. Ascended." Looks back at Warwick. "It was not without its price."

The jackal's eyes glowed with colours reminiscent of winter - but his coat, his attire, was anything but. Maybe he'd suit a festive look sometimes. He offers a light shrug, planting the haft of his halberd in the ground. "... No. And what of you, wolf? What are you?"

The jackal simply stands, watching the goat-wolf have his outburst. He lets the silence hang for a moment, punctuated only by the desert wind. "You look rather warm."

Some might say the best.

So soft. So wet. So warm... Nope. Nasus definitely wouldn't pull out.

Nasus slides under the covers, curling his broad arms around the old bear's waist. Clinging to him. "You were right about the weather, Bjarke."

Nasus lets out a sigh of relief as Bjarke embraces him, settling into that fluffy bear chest. Claws clinging to his back. "All those years under desert nights... None of them could possibly have prepared him for this." He beams at Bjarke. Glad to hold his bear in his arms.

"Hmmph..." He leans into that caress, his eyes shut as he relishes such a tender moment. They slowly open, locking with Bjarke's as they glow softly in the halflight. "You did... But I am undeterred." His own hand comes up, locking with Bjarke's. "I wish to see your home."

The jackal lets out a contented sigh. Pressing his forehead into Bjarke's. He had come a long way since the bear first met him - he had grown very affectionate. "Very well." He huffs again, cracking a soft smile at the bear. "I will follow you anywhere, love."

"Our duty is an eternal one, dear Emperor. But one I will gladly carry out at your side."

We'll see about that.