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✦a strange blue-black tomcat with navy eyes.

something about this place was unnatural. maybe it was the almost perfectly rectangular shape of the clearing, or perhaps the jarring lack of trees. maybe even the scarcity of prey- whatever it was, it didn’t phase the lithe off-black tom. he had been following the road for what— seven? seven days now. on and off the asphalt over the past week, his paw pads were torn and raw, and the industrial smell of the path clung to him. the tom couldn’t say he was new to walking, though— this distance was not the first, nor last, he’d travel.

they paused, inclining their head slightly. the grasses (which rose well above their chin, as the lack of canopy allowed them to grow tall and free) brushed against their smooth fur, and the wind caused the stalks to bow and sway. he parted his jaws and tasted the wind. the stale and distant smell of feral cats was a somewhat familiar one. if he was excited or bothered by this news, he made no show of it as his expression remained as calm and stoic as before. perhaps if the scent had been nearer, or fresher, he may have reacted. it was too far for anything definite anyway.

the tomcat pushed forwards, his tail swaying behind him. he leapt up one of the too-neatly cut tree stumps by the road and stared over the sea of tall grass.