[ Even if his response is more stoic, he does return it somewhat once Set starts to give him something more concrete. Set’s excitement does feel particularly feline to him (or maybe that’s just his particular bias), so it’s met with gentle hands. It’s fingers through his hair or a touch on the shoulder, but it’s with the sort of delicacy one gives to a cat they know might bite rather than kind of soft affection that would be given to a person.
It's a correct assessment, considering the bite. That gets him to scoff, and he bites back at whatever’s within reach—his neck, a hand, whatever. They truly are just two cats… ]
Then sounds like I got my work cut out for me. The new folks, yeah, they gotta learn real fast, but these leaders? If you’re mentionin’ them, then sounds like they got a lot to learn from my tutelage. I’m harshest to leaders because they’re the ones that shoulder the future of their people. If they falter in their duties, then they should just die and make way for the next person.
[ It’s very harsh, but that’s the sort of discipline that Tezcatlipoca had always demanded from the rulers of the Aztecs. Their culture was one that seemed especially harsh to outsiders as a result, but it was something that was necessary to ensure their survival, in his opinion. After all, it’s the lesson he’d wanted Izcalli to learn with his second chance.
He’d elaborate on that a bit more, but the aside is actually more interesting. A harsh attitude towards leaders was what it was, but someone spineless serving Set? ]
C’mon, you know it doesn’t work like that. You can’t bear a Trial on another’s behalf. It’s their lesson to learn. [ a shrug ] But you got me curious. War is anything but passive. What’s stirring war in her heart enough to serve it?
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It's a correct assessment, considering the bite. That gets him to scoff, and he bites back at whatever’s within reach—his neck, a hand, whatever. They truly are just two cats… ]
Then sounds like I got my work cut out for me. The new folks, yeah, they gotta learn real fast, but these leaders? If you’re mentionin’ them, then sounds like they got a lot to learn from my tutelage. I’m harshest to leaders because they’re the ones that shoulder the future of their people. If they falter in their duties, then they should just die and make way for the next person.
[ It’s very harsh, but that’s the sort of discipline that Tezcatlipoca had always demanded from the rulers of the Aztecs. Their culture was one that seemed especially harsh to outsiders as a result, but it was something that was necessary to ensure their survival, in his opinion. After all, it’s the lesson he’d wanted Izcalli to learn with his second chance.
He’d elaborate on that a bit more, but the aside is actually more interesting. A harsh attitude towards leaders was what it was, but someone spineless serving Set? ]
C’mon, you know it doesn’t work like that. You can’t bear a Trial on another’s behalf. It’s their lesson to learn. [ a shrug ] But you got me curious. War is anything but passive. What’s stirring war in her heart enough to serve it?