[shaae_26]

Originally Posted by The Cannibal

@Snakebite13

To think he came here on a dare. Sealed his fate over something so very trivial. Who would have thought. But that's often how it works, especially in the loner world. Maybe it would have been better that Thunder was picked off by a hawk, stolen away by a fox, or eaten alive by a badger. It'd be better than what he was going to go through with Hannibal. And there was always the threat of when Thunder stopped holding Hannibal's attention. When Hannibal had adequately satiated himself with whatever psychological experiment he planned on inflicting upon the growing cat, they would become nothing more than the next meal. Or, and this is a very rare matter, Hannibal would let them live. Watch them stumble through the world with no semblance of self. A husk of a cat. How would the clans react to that?

"I see, you thought you were brave. This taught you a very important lesson. Do you think bravery is a good thing to have? Are you happy with where you are?" With a kit so young, it'd be easy to pick apart whatever meager semblance of personality they had formed. It'd be all too easy to reform them into something new. Give it a moon, maybe two. Thunder would be wholly changed.

Hannibal spoke with that same smile though, no condescending note in his voice. He seemed to be simply asking questions. His paws crossed easily in front of him.

"I am still Brave, but coming in here was a not so brave thing to do, it was a stupid thing to do." Thunder mewed. "A brave cat would've stood up to their sister and said 'no', because they'd known it was unsafe and stupid to go in here."