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 Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:31 pm
ye didn't hurt them, says tam with a nod... just made them think a bit about pulling tails in the future, right... he picks up a piece of grass, makes a grass whistle, blowing across it as they walk....
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:36 pm
*Kero nods...but his eyes tell a different story...steel-grey mixed with black...he doesn't know he's doing it, but he's projecting...placing his paws on each boys seat and unsheathing his claws...*
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:40 pm
tam takes one look at his eyes and drops to his knees... kero,,, he says firmly taking the cat's head into his hands... kero... dear heart... don't..... don't sink to their level... yer better than they are... so much better....
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:43 pm
*Kero pulls his head out of his hands...Tam gets a plethora of images*
Tran: They hurt me, I hurt them...we're square now...
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:50 pm
tam grabs his head and hugs him hard weeping... kero... kero... we... we should have gone on... shouldn't have stayed.. forgive me... please he whispers...
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:56 pm
*Kero thrusts him away*
It not youw fault...those Tradinias think, just cause I'm a fewine...I'ww stand to be huwt...well...now they have to dig owt of a howe...and won't sit fow a few days...pwobwem sowved...F***ing Tradiniasis...
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:03 pm
tam pulls him back... kero... shhh... tam sighs and kisses his forehead... not all humans are bad ye know... he winks and stands up... let's move on, ok... we've got a lot of ground to cover before we make it to cloverton.... when we get there i'll deliver the package i was sent to fetch and we'll go home... how's that... ye want to go home for a bit... see ma and me sibs? dad will be glad to see ye too.... he always is....
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:07 pm
*Kero nods tersely, then dives underground...and Tam finds himself being followed by Hopian*
Okay...what in the blazes is going on here...I felt Kero's rage clear through the Void...are you two fighting?
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:13 pm
i'm trying hopian... really i am... but i can't seem to get through to him... his anger is so deep... says tam sourly.... he stops and shakes his head..maybe i should simply give up... let you raise him or something.... all i do is drag him from place to place.. shove him into one tense situation after another... and now this trouble with the boys... he sighs and shakes his head... they weren't a pleasant bunch... granted... but seeking an eye for an eye doesn't help things... it just perpetuates the problem... we'll be damn lucky iffin they don't come after us now.... and iffin they do... what then... all because of a simple stupid mindless horrible prank... damn... he turns and slams his fist into a tree... he stares at it for a time then says softly... ow... that was dumb...
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:18 pm
*Hopian sighs*
Seems he's not the only one with anger problems...Tam...you're doing fine...Kero has always had a temper...trust me...I know...but if ye start feeling guilty...he'll see you as being too emotional...wonder why he should respect you...you have to be firm with him, Tam...not cruel, or physical...but firm...make it clear to him that you are the boss, in some way or another...make him see that what you say goes...believe me, I've raised him too...once he sees you as his boss, not his equal...he'll quiet down... promise.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:25 pm
but i don't want to be his boss... i'm his friend... ye got any bandages... what am i saying ye don't even have pockets.. tam sighs and sits down, pulling one of his best shirts form the pack and tearing it into strips... here... hold this end for me... ok... darn it's going to be hard to play for a few days... once that scabs over...
tam sighs and looks hopian in the eye... i love him hopian... i can't just boss him around... and... he was right... sort of... he just went to far... trouble is... if i had called him out on this... seeing how those three were acting... i'd have been in the wrong... did ye know one drew a knife on us... i nearly lost it then and there and he covered for me... wish i could say i did the same for him....
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:31 pm
*At this point, Hopian moves behind Tam, smacking him upside the head with a paw*
Demons of moronity and stupidity begone!!!
Why do you thnk he chose you as his parent, Talesian...he wants you to be his boss...he thinks that you can do his internal self, which only surfaces oncde every million years...some good! He wanted you to be his boss...not to boss him around...but to act as a parent...he's not the Kero you knew, Talesian...this is my brother's true self...and he wants you to help make him even better inside...but to do that...you have to stand firm, Tam...don't let him run wild...are ye really going to let a three-year-old Lion cub tell ye what to do?
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:40 pm
tam chuckles sourly... no more than he wants a drunken bard telling him what to do.. at least i've stayed on the wagon this time round.... he's done me that much good... he intercepts hopian's paw as it takes another swipe at his head and smiles.. i got the message... suck it up and stop moping... gotcha... be firm... i'll do my best... always have ye know... it's just he is getting so... well... self willed... not disobedient... but he's learning to think for himself... and that's a good thing ye know.. and to top it off most of the time he sounds so mature... i keep forgetting how young ye really is.... i don't want to discourage him... not when guiding him into making the right decisions is far more important...
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:24 am
*Hopian nods*
You're doing fine, don't worry....but remember this...unless he sees you as his boss....there will come a time when his life depends on him listening to you...and you have to be ready to assert yourself...remember, he is three years old...no more....no matter how mature he seems, he's still barely out of babyhood...no matter how advanced his vocabulary is....
*At this point, Kero's head pokes out above the dirt, and he looks at Tam*
Siwa...I thought you said you wanted to get away fwom dose Tradiniasis.
*Hopian's eyes widen...he looks at Talesian*
Now is your chance to assert yourself as his boss....he needs to learn to watc his tongue...had he said that to me....welll....never mind that...assert yourself, Talesian.
*He disappears...but his mind touches Tam's*
I'm here to help you this first time...I'm high in the tree behind you, out of sight. Assert yourself....prove that you're his boss....he called you Sira, did he not...well, act like it...
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:16 am
kerobian... we need to talk... now... says tam in a stern voice... he points to the ground at his side and waits until kero takes a position next to him...
may i ask why you believe speaking foul is so important... have you ever given thought to the fact that if you continue to speak like that, without thought to the words you use... some one some day may understand what you say and be hurt by the words you use... or worse yet... be insulted... someone you have no intention of hurting or abusing? like maybe me... or another friend... human friend... someone who might decide that since you feel that they are a piece of scat better rubbed off of yer feet and left to rot on the ground, they should have nothing to do with you any more....
tam sighs as kero's eyes grow rounder than saucers... no... i'm not leaving you... but i am hurt...
words have power, kerobian... i should know... they are the tools of my trade... and when they are said with feeling even doubly so... they can sooth an injury... (with that he touches kero's nose with his finger tip) or cause injury (and now he reminds kero of the anger they have been sharing each feeding off the other)... they can cut to the bone, cause people to feel even less of themselves than is humanly thought possible... words can kill... seriously... they can start wars... they can bind people together or they can tear them apart... because words express what we feel in the heart... and you, my fine foul mouthed cat have been far too free with your language...
when you begin to belittle someone or something with your words... you begin to belittle them in your thoughts... pretty soon you will have cut them down to nothing and that is wrong... cutting someone with words can be just as evil as cutting them with a knife and i want it to stop... now... before you say or do something you will regret for the rest of your life... no ifs... no buts... until otherwise... i refuse to allow you to swear in any manner which is derogatory or degrading, have i made myself clear... do it and you will be punished... if you stub yer toe... find words to express yerself without insulting someone else... if another makes you angry... find words to express that anger with turning them into something no one would want...
the words one's speaks have power... what you say, reveals to the world what you are... in a manner of speaking, you are what you speak... your language is a mirror of your soul... and iffin ye continue to speak fouly... you will eventually become foul...
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