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"Are stars really as simple as you think they are? Or do they just seem that way?"

Aldyne did a flip and landed on the ground a little away from the group. His whole body was covered from head to toe in various article of clothing and gear, even his face was covered by a mask. He was also decked with various weaponry but he decided not to draw any of them so as not to scare the girl and the children. There was only one oddity about his whole and that there was a lute slung over his shoulder.

He approached Ren and gave a flourishing bow. "You played beautifully, my lady. I did not wish to eavesdrop but I was asleep in the tree when you started playing. And I must say, that being awoken by such wonderful music is a pleasant experience."

Ren blushed." T-thank you." Ren was used to being on her own so she wasn't used to so many people listening to her music. She covered one of her burning cheeks with her hand.

"Slimebag." Ayon mumbled. He may have only been ten years old, but he felt a strong child's attraction to the young woman, and the sudden appearance of this masked man made him angry and jealous.

Angel slowly stood up and narrowed his eyes at Aldyne "yeah, but don't eaves drop like or I may have to drop you!" he felt uncomfortable around this masked man, he was normally polite with greeting.

Aldyne turned to gaze at the man standing before him in a threatened manner. Granted there are many reasons as to why but Aldyne wonders which it was. The smell of blood of numerous battles? Perhaps the nervousness images get in his presence? Or maybe he can feel his ability to deal with elemental, animals and other magical creatures combined.

He decided to leave Angalo be. Instead he squats to meet the boy who called him 'slimeball'.

"Goodness, young lad! Such hostile words from one so young. Mayhap he feels jealousy for the young maiden?"

Aldye knows he was on the mark as he has an unfair advantage of reading body language, but he decided to speak his words as if in jest as to not hurt the young boy's feelings.

Angel morphed into his elemental fire wolf form, his fore legs and tail were completely engulfed in fire and his eyes were flickering with flames. Angel's headphones were still around his animal neck. It this time with an orange and yellow flame design "step away from the kid, I still don't know who you are or what your plan is!" Angel was in defence. his flames roared even more, since his origins were from mother natures daughter his powers are uncontrollable by others.

Ayon stomped the masked man on the toes. "Thát's for insulting me!"

Ayon's foot met with empty air and the ground as Aldyne had long left that position and now stood just barely a few feet from Anglo, being very careful to place himself directly in front of Ren and the children in case he needed to quickly get them out of harm's way.

Although he still has not drawn a single weapon, his eyes were flashing dangerously under his mask which only Anglo was close enough to see.

"Young man, if I wanted to have killed any one of you, I would have picked you all off while I was still in the tree when you all had not noticed me. Now, this part of the lake is meant for peaceful meditation and I would never spoil it with battle, nor would I want to scare the the young lady and the children but..."

Aldyne took another step towards Angalo, closer into the flames, his eyes flashed with not just anger but with a killing intent solely directed at Anglo. His hair started to singe but oddly nothing else started to burn nor did Aldyne shy away from the intense heat he felt.

"... if you really intend to do this, especially with fire that can get out of control and harm these people and this place, I will have to kill you."

Still Aldyne had not drawn his weapon.

Angel started to get angry "if I chose to be cautious then I will be, these flames are controlled by me and I can chose to hurt you only with getting them hurt!" Angel looked at Ayon, Ayan and Ren. Then morphed back into his human form and took a deep breath "Okay, for them too I will call down, but, if you try anything...Anything! I will retaliate and that won't be pretty. So like I asked who are you?"
The stench of blood came from Lambeth and filled Angel's nose, it was too faint for humens to sense.

The moment Angalo changes back to human form and dissipates his fire, Aldyne's personality 180 degree change and returned to the gentlemanly figure he was before. Even the killing intent disappeared without a trace.

"Why, I am but a reclusive hunter named Aldyne. A reclusive hunter who slept in a tree, awoken by music and nearly burnt by a wolf."

Was all he said to Angalo before walking back to Ren and the children, brushing away the singed ends of his hair off with a gloved hand.

Both Ayon and Ayan were scared now, they had heard the threatening tone of Aldyne's voice.

Ren stood in front of the children. She was frightened but she ignored it. She took a calming breath to calm herself and let the fear leave her body.

"A hunter!? Tell me why I shouldn't kill you right here right now, people like you don't deserve kindness..." Angel's spiral tattoo was red and fire flickered from the outline. The wretched odour of blood made him angry and disgusted "you think yourself noble?! Hunt creatures and end their lives... I am a werewolf, why havent you killed me yet? I can see it in your eyes, you're all the same...every. Last. One" his the irises in his eyes turned orange and the pupils were blended in with the colour.

"The past few minutes you have done nothing but threaten me with physical harm and to my life, and four times I have done nothing to defend myself. Four times I did not draw a single weapon. And four times I did not bring harm to anyone."

He stands in front of Ren, holding her fear back, staring defiantly at him. The two children behind shaking in fear. A wave of sadness came over him but he quickly pushed it away. To hide his emotion he quickly turned away to face Angalo, his face now filled with disgust.

"So you believe that just because you have seen a few hunters, you have the right to judge us all? Is it wrong for a hunter to hunt for food so he would not starve in the wilderness? Is it wrong for a ranger to protect people and their homes from rampaging bears, man-eating tigers and disease ridden vermin? Or do you believe it is wrong for a soldier to defend his home from others who would destroy it?"

As Aldyne spoke, he calmly walked up to Angalo again.

"And so what if you are a werewolf? I have met numerous lycanthropes and unlike you, I at least give them the courtesy of presenting themselves as they are instead of branding them due to a few bad experiences. And for your information, the look in my eyes right now are one of disgust and frustration for having to listen to your whiny tantrums and for being labelled an evil monster from simply my smell and your own self-righteous, ignorant, rude and atrociously biased views."

By then, Aldyne had stopped just halfway between Angalo and the children, his hands on his hips as he scolded Angalo.

Angel felt his anger grow "whiny tantrums? My family, my clan were all wiped out by hunters, my mother sliced into tiny pieces and put into a fire, my father got coal put into his mouth and forced to swallow each piece until he slowly died" he started to calm down as let out all of this pain he'd boxed up

"I... I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me... At first I didn't trust you because you reminded me of someone..." he walked past him and the kids and sat down by the stream "when you said hunter... I kinda just... Lost it" his eyes flickered from the moonlight that reflected off the water, they showed guilt and sadness.

He was the last of the elemental beings, lonely and hunted by almost every hunter he saw for he was the only elemental wolf ever to be in existance.

Aldyne took a deep breath and relaxed a bit. He walked over and stood behind Angalo but he stood far enough so his reflection did not appear on the water surface. He did not like to see his own reflection

"That is your feral instinct coming to surface. I have been told it takes time to be able to properly control it. Unfortunately, most do not live long enough to learn how to, losing control and dying while causing a rampage is what happens more often than all other reasons combined."

He turned his gaze towards the three other spectators, his expression unreadable. "And with your mental state..." He left his words hanging but it was obvious what he was hinting at.

"Pity none of your kind live on this plane of existence right now."

Ren felt sorry for Angel when he said that. She looked at the ground, her eyes dulling slightly as she remembered her own parents. She shook her head to clear it and pushed away her sadness. She opened her hand and let a few drops of water swirl above her palm, something she did when she needed to forget something.

Ayon and Ayan, bith unfamiliar with magic of any kind, didn't know what to think. It all confused the kids a lot.

Angel let out a tired sigh "yeah... I wasn't a born wolf, i was turned into one at a young age" he closed his eyes and fell back onto the stones and pebes by the steam and then stared into sky. He let happy memories fill the night sky.

His headphones played "Save You by Mathew Perryman Jones"

"Yes, well the next time you start feeling like you are losing control," Aldyne pulls out a few lavender-coloured flowers from inside his belt and tosses it to Angalo, "Take a bite out of one of those flowers. It's Wolfsbane"

Aldyne raises an eyebrow when he notices the contraption on Angalo's headband was emitting sound. It was the first time he has ever seen something like it.