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but suddenly he finds himself back on his chair, face to face with a very angry tam... i told ye to stay put, he says quietly... now do it... kero, what he did was wrong, but all he did id dent yer pride a bit... he didn't hurt ye.... and iffin he gets that treatment i suggested, he's gonna be a little out of it for a few days... so consider it a fair payback... we both know yer claws are quick clean... but he doesn't and in case ye didn't see... everyone ehre was ready to brain him one for us... but iffin ye carry through with yer attack... yer gonna lose what ever favor ye do have... do ye understand... now sit there and think... why are ye mad... what is making ye so angry right now... figure it out and deal, ok?

i know it hurts... but what i meant is it isn't a lasting hurt... once he let go yer fine... have ye ever been nuckled... that hurts too, but i've a few rough friends who seem to think me pretty red locks are just begging for the fact... now when that happens i could blow my cool and give them hell or i can shrug it off and avoid their hands when i see them coming... ye got to look at the circumstances and deal, ok...

had he been out to really hurt ye, i'd have had him flat on the floor in two seconds flat... i saw him coming, but he kind of took me by surprise, i thought he was going to give me grief... that's what it looked like... ye know the look... the farmer boy jealous of the pretty boy's looks... still what he was trying to do was embaress the hell out of me, by picking on me pet... he didn't know ye were intelligent... now i suspect he does as he has been watching our conversation with an extremely surprised look on his face...

be careful there... ye might catch something, teases tam handing him a napkin... and i told ye, didn't i... i will always protect ye... and i never break a promise... not without reason... not without a great deal of soul searching... and in all me life i've only broke one... to bez... but then i suspect he broke with me first so it shouldn't matter... so i think yer safe there... he winks and finishes his meal changing the subject so quickly kero isn't sure what he just heard, retaining the fact only that tam would never let him down...

tam throws his hat on a chair and glares at the cat... i thought i told ye to let it slide... what iffin he had caught ye in the act, heh... damn it kerobian... when are ye going to learn that getting even isn't always the smartest or wisest thing to do.... more wars and most disagreements stem from just that... and eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth isn't the best motto to live by ye know... so tell me before iset ye in that corner why ye did it...

did it feel good to hurt someone knowing ye can do it and get away with it... hmm? is that howe ye want to live yer life... getting even and hurting people just because ye can?

tam throws up his hands and begins to pace in a circle... the room isn't all that big so he keeps bumping into things, finally he sits down on the chair, only remembering his hat when it's well and thoroughly crushed.. he sighs and retrieves it... reshaping it as he speaks...

there is a saying... perhaps ye've heard it... with great power comes great responsibility... do ye know what it means....

tam shakes his head... no... i will not spank you... but i do want you to think about this so five minutes in the corner... now... and when ye come back, i want ye to tell me what ye should have done and why...

tam sighs... and realizes his hat is beyond normal repair, so he tosses it on the table and goes to lie down on the bed... on his stomach... his face in his arms...

tam shakes his head... don't push me kerobian... spanking ye or depriving ye of something isn't going to change anything and ye know it... what is done is done.. now how can ye fix it? what can ye do to make things a bit better... he was a simple farmer... rude, true... and more than a bit crude... and left as is he'll do something like that again... but his not an evil individual... word about the tavern has it he is a successful farmer and no man can till the soil like that and not appreciate the true underlying truths of life...

can ye think of anything ye might be able to do to show him the error of his ways... then he narrows his gaze... without beating the living daylights out of him or scaring him half to death.... that is to be yer punishment... find a way to communicate with the man and hopefully change his outlook on people or other living creatures who may not look or think like him... I'm not asking that ye implement this, mind ye... ye can try... but he might be resistant to what ye have to say and i don't want ye to put yerself in harm's way... so ye come to me first and we work on it together...

tam begins to hum a tune, a simple melody... as he rolls over and stares at the ceiling, counting the cracks... wondering if he had given the cub too mature of a task to complete....