Growing Up [Private: TheLastLion & Stormy]

[Stormy]

Flash slightly rolled his eyes as he wiped his face with his paw. “Yeah, obviously. That’s why you guys were just DYING to know. It’s not like you guys dragged it out of me.”

[TheLastLion]

(Could we go back and redo this?)

[Stormy]

(??)

[TheLastLion]

(I wanted to redo my dialogue.)

[Stormy]

(Go ahead then.)

[TheLastLion]

"If it's personal, just say so and I won't force it out of you." Kayla said as she sensed that Flash was growing more apprehensive at answering.

[Stormy]

(Do you still want to Flash to go through the story again?)

“It is...”

[TheLastLion]

(Up to you.)

"Then that's fine. You don't have to."

[Stormy]

Flash sat quietly for a few moments. “I started drinking it when I was cub. I don’t remember what age. I drank it when Parker was still around. It was the only thing I had then. I knew it was bad, but it was the only thing that kept my head at ease after everything Parker always made me do and helped me fall asleep at night quickly. It took me away from the current climate I had been in at the time. This was even prior to Sadie.” Flash pauses. “I stopped when I had originally come here, but at times when I had disappeared I had sometimes gone back to it to clear my head. It was still a stressful time for me when I first came here as a cub, even if Parker wasn’t around.”

[TheLastLion]

The others were speechless.

(We don't have to now, but I'd like to cut back to Jade and Destiny at some point.)