I just wanna run like a child

If it pained him to talk about Tyranis, he tried to push that pain straight back down where it'd come from, as soon as it began to surface. There was no use dwelling on it now, despite how much of a mess his absence had caused. He had no doubt Acere, regardless of Kai's own dislike for the man, was suffering as well thanks to him - Kai's freedom had come at a high price, and to who's benefit? Perhaps his own, though his indentured servitude hardly felt like something to be grateful for at all. His mind seemed to fixated on these thoughts even as he spoke of his childhood, and of being brought up - at least briefly within the pack known as Abaven. He knew that wolves tended to be social creatures, not nearly as solitary as he'd been brought up to be, as generations and generations of Jarvelas had been before him.. and truthfully he didn't care how others lived their lives, as much as their artificial borders aggravated him.

"A commodity indeed!" Kai cheered, seemingly oblivious to her sarcasm, or perhaps simply choosing to ignore it. "And no doubt worth much more than he paid, but perhaps not to him," he added with a snort. Maybe Acere had hoped Tyranis would help 'work off' the debt, so to speak, but otherwise Kai was an entirely useless body to fill Winterfell's ranks. Kai was almost surprised he hadn't told him to go sooner. "He wants me to stick around for the next raid. Won't be against Abaven, before you start ask. Then I've earned my freedom," he groaned, as overdramatically as physically possible. "I don't owe him a goddamn thing, but I'd rather not have him trailing me around the world for the rest of my days if I leave sooner than he allows. Last thing I need is to be looking over my shoulder all the time."

But enough of that conversation. His thoughts had been dreary for far too long, and he was determined to shift his mindset.. at least as much as he could force himself to. "I'm impressed you put on such a good fight against them. I thought you might be just pretty looks," Kai grinned cheekily at her, rolling back so he was floating entirely on his back and looking at Theory upside down.