Shell Shocked

Walk | "Talk" | think

The way he took a deep breath before he began to speak told her that she was really going to be in for one hell of a tale. She chuckled softly to herself and settled onto her haunches to listen. When he declared that the tortoise had been the one to attack him instead of the other way around, she gave him a skeptical look, but didn't interrupt as he continued on. She had to bite back the urge to gush over how cute he was when he hopped up into the most adorable version of a fight ready stance she had ever seen. The determination he had was precious even as he talked about how and why he had gone after that poor reptile's tail to get around it's "armor". It was the absolute definition of a ridiculous story that she would never have believed if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes.

She chuckled at the idea of him riding it into battle, giving a little shake of her head at the absurdity of it all. He was adorable and she absolutely loved his spirit and tenacity. She couldn't help but think that if she had grown up in a more nurturing and loving environment she would have been much the same way. It almost made her envious of her children and the life that they were now getting to live, but she pushed that thought aside. She was just happy to be able to do this for them and make sure that none of them had to feel the hurt that she had been put through. "Yes yes, I think you won, sweetheart," she replied with another laugh as she leaned down to leave a kiss on his forehead. "Also, I don't think a tortoise would be a very good animal to ride into a fight on... They're not very fast so your enemies would catch up to you very quickly."