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 Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:17 pm
"Some friend you are. I'm no child, Hopian. Don't you think I thought about all that on my way back, hating what I did. What gives you the right to punish me for doing something I thought important, something you might have done yourself had the tables been turned."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:23 pm
*Hopian's glare burns into Talesian's back*
What gives me the right? The fact that, if Kero were to lose you, he would probably take his own life, Talesian. The fact that, if Kero were here right now, you'd be in the same position. The fact, Talesian, that you yourself mean more to us than you can ever know. That is what gives me the right.
And if you aren't a child, why were you acting like one? Because going out to discover a tracker, when you are just free from being laid up, and still have a wing in a splint...that's not just childish, Talesian...that's stupid.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:29 pm
Tam growls. "Said person was supposed to be in an easy to reach spot, only said person wasn't. Said person wasn't even there, but I did find a trace of a trail. A fairly fresh trace, one that might not have been there had I gone back for help. I was being as careful as I could, then I thought I heard a scream, so I ran to see what was going on. I was a guardian far longer than I've been a parent, Hope... far longer... and instincts took over."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:30 pm
*Hopian nods*
And I've been a parent so long, it's taken over my instincts...and I also happen to agree with my brother's philosophy...act like a child, get treated like a child. Now pipe down, or you'll wake said brother, and my mate.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:40 pm
Tam chuckls softly. "Sorry... I really did act foolishly last night. You won't believe what I found falling over that damn tree..."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:42 pm
*Hopian sighs*
I'm sorry about this...but I also made a promise to my other half...you can tell me what you found when it is done....
*Five minutes later, it is...and Tam is left feeling extremely sorry for Salunia when she misbehaves*
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:50 pm
He is also very very angry and refuses to talk to Hopian at all. Instead he buries his head in his arms and stubbornly wills the world away.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:57 pm
*Hopian shrugs...Sal was the same way, usually...but he also stays, like he would with her...he tries to comfort Tam...but isn't sure how to do so...he can always just pet Salunia...but he has a feeling Tam will gut him if he tries it*
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:03 pm
**Hopian might try apologizing... he's angered someone far older than he, someone who's never been a child, who's sense of duty is a driving force in his life. Someone who right now is beginning to wonder what the hell he has gotten himself into.**
Tam squeezes his eyes shut and turns his head away from Hopian, too angry... at himself... at Hopian... to even think about anything but how miserable he feels. He finds himself wishing Kero were there. Kero... the elder... would understand. He's sure of it. And even though the child might not understand, he knows the younger Kero would simply crawl in beside him and give him his love unconditionally. And right now he's feeling a gut deep need for understanding and love.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:09 pm
**I understand that, and so do you...and so, I imagine, does he...**
*Hopian moves in next to Tam*
Tam...I'm sorry...about that....
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:13 pm
"Sorry about what..." mutters Tam testily, through gritted teeth. "Sorry ye can't beat sense into me like ye can do everyone else."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:16 pm
*Hopian shakes his head*
Sorry for losing my temper at you...for making a rash promise I should have smacked Kero for asking for...for following through on that, even though I'm not forced to, unlike Kero...for a whole host of things, Talesian...
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:22 pm
Tam sighs. "Not once have I raised my hand in anger against him and still he feels this way. And you... of all people know how I feel about it... have we not fought over this for 13 years now?" He sighs and shakes his head. "What is it about proving your bigger and stronger and so ye better listen to me anyway that makes it such a wonderful punishment, Hope? I just don't understand."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:28 pm
*Hopian shakes his head*
Not Kero the younger, Tam...Kero the older...and I do not see it as saying I'm bigger and stronger than you. I see it as a punishment for social misdeeds...a replacement for potentially deadly natural consequences. When Sal was playing with Fire, for instance, and nearly burned down her room...had I not been there to smother it, she would have died. I..I don't know why Kero wanted that for you...I honestly don't....please...I'm sorry, Tam...
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:39 pm
"Are you saying that Kero the elder wanted me spanked... honestly? I... I thought we had come to an agreement on that, he and I. He knows I am adamantly against it. Why would he insist I be punished for doing something he had no idea what or how important it might have been."
Tam sighs and seems to melt into the bed. "Hope... I need to think... can I be alone right now... and don't worry I'm not going anywhere... don't really want to move right now... "
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