Hero-Of-Pandora

Septimus’s chin slammed against the cobblestones as his paws caught on each other, blood filling his mouth just as surely as it stained his pelt from the cuts lacing across his skin. Flailing, he was on his feet again in an instant, continuing his flight through the city despite the red that dripped from his jaws. He couldn’t stop, couldn’t stop for anything, he had to keep running until he could run no more and then even past that. He couldn’t face them, with all the pity in their gazes as they looked at him, the way their heads hung low as he passed by, the choked sound of their voices as they told him what had happe