GLORY AND GORE / abandoned cub

A soft grunt left him. The stray was daring, but wouldn't they want to go home? See family? Atticus couldn't help but think they should resort to looking around first. Even so, he understand being an outcast. Abandoned by his family and thrown off his perch, he went to The Pitt for a new opportunity. Perhaps this was the cub's second chance too. Luckily, Silent mentioned no guardians. A frown lined his maw. "I see," he responded. "That's no good." To be young and alone was devastating.

Watching the skinny child struggle within Silent's many tendrils, he craned his head. "I can treat her if you'd release her from your-" The tabby hesitated. What did he call Silent's strange contraption of a body? ... jaws." Close enough.