<... Thanks, though. Dude - that was his name, I wasn't really creative at the time - he was the first animal I morphed into. I was the first one of our group to morph, too.>
[He's not really sure why he's telling Paarthurnax all this, but it doesn't feel awkward. Not as much as it should, at least.]
<I guess... I don't know. I felt more comfortable in animal form than I did as a human, right away. I found out later that my father was the one who gave us this power. His ship crashed and we found him - he wasn't human, he was from another planet. I didn't know he was my father. Later I was told that he'd wanted to raise me - he trapped himself on Earth to be with my mother. But this... being called the Ellimist told him that he had to go back to his people, and twisted time so someone else, a human, was my father. But still... we saw him killed in front of us. We found his brother later. But...>
[Tobias hunkers down in the grass a bit.]
<I don't know. It doesn't really mean anything anymore anyway...>
[He'd cry, but he can't. Hawks don't cry. Their faces don't express emotions well. But his heart hurts. They're all gone. They're really gone, and he can't see them again. As strong as they are, they couldn't... escape this. He lets out a pained cry and flaps his wings, trying to turn his sadness into agitation.]
<It's not fair! I know the world's not fair, but this is wrong!>
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[He's not really sure why he's telling Paarthurnax all this, but it doesn't feel awkward. Not as much as it should, at least.]
<I guess... I don't know. I felt more comfortable in animal form than I did as a human, right away. I found out later that my father was the one who gave us this power. His ship crashed and we found him - he wasn't human, he was from another planet. I didn't know he was my father. Later I was told that he'd wanted to raise me - he trapped himself on Earth to be with my mother. But this... being called the Ellimist told him that he had to go back to his people, and twisted time so someone else, a human, was my father. But still... we saw him killed in front of us. We found his brother later. But...>
[Tobias hunkers down in the grass a bit.]
<I don't know. It doesn't really mean anything anymore anyway...>
[He'd cry, but he can't. Hawks don't cry. Their faces don't express emotions well. But his heart hurts. They're all gone. They're really gone, and he can't see them again. As strong as they are, they couldn't... escape this. He lets out a pained cry and flaps his wings, trying to turn his sadness into agitation.]
<It's not fair! I know the world's not fair, but this is wrong!>