The Other Little Brother
"They're not worth it, c'mon," insisted one of the nearby cubs. With further persuasion from his companions, the four cubs finally walked away.
"We'll be back for you, and your spineless brother," Jagan called back behind him.
Shanku snorted in his direction and stood trembling with anger until he was out of eye and ear shot. She sighed heavily and turned slowly to look at Hilael. He was still crouched on the ground and had his wings drawn around him.
"Hilael?" Shanku asked gently and knelt down beside him. "Are you alright?"
"Shanku..." Hilael began in a choked voice. "Next time you leave..."
Shanku held her breath as Hilael turned a tear-streamed face toward her. "Take me with you."
"Aw, Hilael," Shanku said sadly as Hilael ducked his head again. She brushed a sweaty lock of hair out of his eyes. "Of course, zuznre."
"You're Shanku?" came a skeptical voice behind them. Shanku looked behind her, expecting more trouble, to instead find a young cub standing there. He could not have been much older than she was the day she was exiled. His hair was light brown with dark brown tips, with matching fur and wings.
"Who are you?" Shanku asked suspiciously as Hilael quickly dried his eyes.
"Shanku, this is Muso. Your little brother," Katari said as he stepped toward the small gathering.
"I have two little brothers now?" Shanku asked in surprise.
Notes & Commentary
April 16, 2015, Thursday
The Other Little Brother
Muso! I knew Shanku had two other little siblings, but I didn't expect Muso. He's silly and makes me giggle. Granted, I didn't explicitly expect Banhi either. She scares me!
I doubt that's the last Shanku's seen of that twerp. Definitely one of the pages that had me cringing to draw. I know I've had a few dramas and stuff in the comic in the past, but Shanku hasn't really been directly involved with the other characters. She's mostly been an observer. Now one of them is reaching out to her, and it feels awkward.
This page encountered a new difficulty. So I bring my comic to work so I can doodle on it during down time, right? Everybody knows I keep my art stuff in a little corner of my desk away from everything else. And they know not to touch it. Until now, it's not really been a problem, they enjoy it, and sometimes have me make new art for the office. Today, one woman calls me out of my office to do her work, and then she goes in and breaks my pencil while I'm gone. I've used that pencil for six years! It's put out all of the comic to date, quite a few commissions, and a whole bunch of other stuff! It's like my little best friend. And then she just breaks it!? Oh yes, very mad Ashe. I went home early to raid the stores and pray I could find another.
My pencil is very hard to find. It may be just a clicky pencil, but it's a side-click and it has a cap. Very, very important. Very, very hard to find. You can find a side-click easy enough, but this thing was the perfect width, had a properly shaped side-click, and it had a cap to protect the eraser so the stupid thing wouldn't break off at the base or fall out and thus make storing lead a royal pain in the butt. And nobody carries it. Fortunately for me, Pentel still carries it on their site, and thankfully they had it on sale. I've got two on the way. Just in case some other nitwit destroys one. 
This really sucks, I've been on a great art streak for two weeks. I'd hate for it to come screeching to a halt because one idiot had to go grab my pencil for a stupid appointment rather than use the one I already had lying next to the appointment book. Argh, why are people so incredibly stupid!? Open your eyes, woman. Pay attention next time! Grrrr! I've got a few other pencils I can use, but I'm not very comfortable with them. I want my T3! Please come in soon~
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Katari - Hilael - Muso - Jagan - Gunjan - Tilak -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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