The Kings Court
07-23-2016, 11:17 AM
An amused grin quirked up the corners of Valentine's mouth as Avalon spoke of expanding. He knew very well how to expand a pack. A pack needed numbers and it needed skill, and as it acquired those things it quickly outgrew the land that enabled it to grow in numbers. To keep growing in numbers, at least, required more land. After awhile there was only one good way to claim new land: steal it. And what enabled them to steal it? Skill and numbers. Presumably, if the pack did well enough to fill its lands it had the numbers and, if the leadership was any good at all, the skill necessary to best another pack. Of course if you didn't want to siege, it was always possible to simply stop taking new members, but that was no fun at all.
He shrugged nonchalantly. "Want my advise? And remember, if you choose to accept it, this is the advice of an asshole." The King paused for a second, his lips lifting higher in a self-deprecating smile, "A once very successful asshole, but an asshole nonetheless." Valentine was well aware that softer (kinder, really) individuals would balk at the suggests he was prepared to give Avalon, and while it was perfectly reasonable to be kind in many cases, if you really wanted to succeed you had to be willing to embrace harsher ideas for the good of the collective.
He shrugged nonchalantly. "Want my advise? And remember, if you choose to accept it, this is the advice of an asshole." The King paused for a second, his lips lifting higher in a self-deprecating smile, "A once very successful asshole, but an asshole nonetheless." Valentine was well aware that softer (kinder, really) individuals would balk at the suggests he was prepared to give Avalon, and while it was perfectly reasonable to be kind in many cases, if you really wanted to succeed you had to be willing to embrace harsher ideas for the good of the collective.
NOTE: Valentine has a female striped skunk companion named Lefty. Unless stated otherwise assume she's present.