`` From Betrayal ; We Seek Revenge ``

Thick, Black Feathers Shifted As Agrios Skylos Lay Quietly On A Rocky Ledge, His Gaze Fixed On The Distant Hills. The Evening Sky, Streaked With The Deep Purples And Reds Of A Dying Sun, Casting Long Shadows Across His Fur, Blending Him Almost Seamlessly With The Twilight. His Wings Folded Around Him Like A Cloak, Vast And Dark, Their Edges Tracing The Outline Of His Muscular Form. Beneath The Serene Mask, Though, Was A Simmering Storm—A Memory Of Betrayal, Of Bonds Broken And Oaths Turned To Ash.
A Faint Whimper Caught His Ear, And He Lowered His Gaze To The Small Figure Nestled Close Against His Chest. The Creature Was A Young African Wild Dog, Its Pelt A Striking Mosaic Of Gold, Black, And White, Marred By Scrapes And Old Scars. The Youngling Had Wandered Into His Territory Days Before, A Trembling Ball Of Fur And Fear. At First, Agrios Had Intended To Ignore It, To Let It Find Its Own Way In The Wild. But Something In Its Wounded Eyes Mirrored His Own, A Painful Familiarity That Tugged At The Walls He'd Built Around His Heart.
Slowly, Over Days And Nights Shared In Silence, He Found Himself Watching Over The Young One, Shielding It From The Dangers That Lurked In The Shadows. It Was An Unfamiliar Role, This Act Of Guardianship, And Yet There Was A Comfort In It. The World Had Left Its Scars On Both Of Them—Him, The Immortal Guardian Betrayed And Cast Aside; The Pup, Lost And Abandoned.
Agrios Had Learned That True Freedom Came Not In Serving Others Blindly, But In Choosing His Own Path, Free From The Chains Of Expectations And Allegiances. As He Looked Down At Young One Curled Against Him, He Felt A Quiet Resolve. He Would Protect This Creature, Not Out Of Duty, But Out Of Choice. In Its Small, Fragile Life, He Saw A Reflection Of His Own Journey—A Path Wrought With Pain, Yet Leading Toward A Freedom That Could Only Be Found In Self-Discovery.
The Ankh Above His Head Glowed Faintly In The Deepening Twilight, A Reminder Of His Eternal Life And The Wisdom He'd Gained Through Ages Past. And As He Gazed Out Into The Night, He Whispered To The Dark, "In Betrayal, I Discovered My Freedom."