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"I headbutted him," Wilhelm corrects. Looking back, it's kind of funny that that was his first instinct. What the fuck was he thinking?
He only learned how to defend himself when Kyle offered to teach him here. He feels good about the progress that he's made since then, though he's always fighting off the feeling that it's never enough. That brawl in the night club would go very differently, he thinks, if he could get a rematch now. He wouldn't be leaving with a shiner this time.
Though he's received formal training for some months now, he's interested in the alternative perspective Kell has to offer, tips and tricks picked up in bars and back alleys. Especially in the shadow of their ordeal in the pit, he'll take anything that could bolster his meager arsenal. So he listens, and he absorbs, and he grabs for more.
"Sure, why the hell not?"
He only learned how to defend himself when Kyle offered to teach him here. He feels good about the progress that he's made since then, though he's always fighting off the feeling that it's never enough. That brawl in the night club would go very differently, he thinks, if he could get a rematch now. He wouldn't be leaving with a shiner this time.
Though he's received formal training for some months now, he's interested in the alternative perspective Kell has to offer, tips and tricks picked up in bars and back alleys. Especially in the shadow of their ordeal in the pit, he'll take anything that could bolster his meager arsenal. So he listens, and he absorbs, and he grabs for more.
"Sure, why the hell not?"
[Wilhelm nods, as if he's agreed to any of this. He says nothing else, not trusting his voice to hold steady, or his words to stay above the bitterness that's so tempting to dip into. Leaving the tea unfinished, and all this mess for Rhy to clean up by himself, he makes his unceremonious exit from the table. He doesn't know where he's going, but he's in a hurry to get there.
He's not mad at Rhy. He's mad that his heart had to hang itself on someone he can't have. He's mad that his daydreams gathered too much weight and made him want them to be real. Most of all, he's mad that he's only seventeen, instead of something more sophisticated or self-assured or whatever else might make Rhy want him.]
He's not mad at Rhy. He's mad that his heart had to hang itself on someone he can't have. He's mad that his daydreams gathered too much weight and made him want them to be real. Most of all, he's mad that he's only seventeen, instead of something more sophisticated or self-assured or whatever else might make Rhy want him.]
How did he miss such an important piece of information before?! Who would have thought that a timid princeling like Wilhelm has can be so viciously fierce to headbutt a guy. Kell sincerely hopes the creep lost a tooth or two.
"Wille, you rascal! This is brilliant!" he laughs. He wishes he could have seen this. The look on the other guy's face must have been priceless. "Well, well, so you do have some fire in you after all."
"Why the hell indeed," Kell replies with a wicked grin. "I think you are going to do just fine, just keep that attitude."
Like it or not, Kell just put himself in charge of making sure that whenever some moron as much as looks at Wilhelm funny, they'd have reasons to regret their lack of manners. Kell has no reservations against imparting the knowledge acquired during his illicit escapades on Wilhelm. If only that means that the younger prince feels a bit more secure, a bit more confident about himself, it's already worth it. But Kell has a more selfish reason for helping. Whatever boosts Wilhelm's confidence will, eventually, help him better control his magic too. It makes all the sense now that Wilhelm's chosen element is fire. He has so much of it, and yet it is so deeply buried and restricted, that no wonder it explodes whenever it finds a crack.
"Wille, you rascal! This is brilliant!" he laughs. He wishes he could have seen this. The look on the other guy's face must have been priceless. "Well, well, so you do have some fire in you after all."
"Why the hell indeed," Kell replies with a wicked grin. "I think you are going to do just fine, just keep that attitude."
Like it or not, Kell just put himself in charge of making sure that whenever some moron as much as looks at Wilhelm funny, they'd have reasons to regret their lack of manners. Kell has no reservations against imparting the knowledge acquired during his illicit escapades on Wilhelm. If only that means that the younger prince feels a bit more secure, a bit more confident about himself, it's already worth it. But Kell has a more selfish reason for helping. Whatever boosts Wilhelm's confidence will, eventually, help him better control his magic too. It makes all the sense now that Wilhelm's chosen element is fire. He has so much of it, and yet it is so deeply buried and restricted, that no wonder it explodes whenever it finds a crack.
I'm waiting for the day Thorne gives us a curfew, and then none of us will feel like adults.
I was also on "house arrest," in case you've forgotten.
[and then some, but he isn't mentioning that]
Ha. Ha.
The weeds were no match for the devil.
[no idea]
Exactly. So glad you understand.
Hey. Can we meet in your Domain soon? We should talk.
I'll stay on the network for three hours so you can respond.
- Abby
I'll stay on the network for three hours so you can respond.
- Abby
It's just this isn't 'slide in ur DMs' talk, that's all. I'll bring sunscreen.
You'll get it when I explain. Just tell me when to be there.
- Abby
You'll get it when I explain. Just tell me when to be there.
- Abby
Have you considered running for representative?
Istredd is going to keel over if he's the only one.
So is Istredd and he's doing it.
You likely have more experience of a sort than half of them. Different insight matters.
Ehhhh they don't know that.
Besides, putting your name in at least gives Thorne the illusion you're involved, outside of just magic lessons. I doubt it actually is any real work.
But how do you know you don't want to do it here if you don't try?
[still new experiences kiddo]
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