what if i could do better

He chuckled when she commented about how she couldn't let him relax in the greenhouse - even though that's probably what he should have been doing. But when she made a softer comment about he acted like she was always in her room, his smile faded a little bit. His ears flicked, noticing from the change in her demeanor that he had hurt her feelings. "Hey, I'm sorry, Lil," he said, giving her shoulder a gentle bump with his head. "I didn't mean it like that. Just... I'm just happy that you're better. That's all." For so much of their lives she had been bed ridden and not even able to get up so to see her bouncing and prancing through a patrol really warmed his heart. She still had bad days, of course, but he loved his sister and seeing her happy made him happy. He didn't mean to make her upset over it.

"So when do I get to start doing spars and stuff with you, huh?" he asked, pulling a grin back to his lips as he tried to tease her and bring back her lighter mood. "I can help teach you! That'd be fun! I've been training with Artorias, but I haven't gotten to try teaching anybody yet." He didn't even know if he'd be any good at teaching, but Artorias was a really good teacher so hopefully he could go off of some of their lessons for ideas. Maybe Art wouldn't mind giving him some tips for how to put together good fighting lessons too. Sure, he could have just sent her to Artorias, but he was invested in seeing his sister do well and he wanted to help!

Ezra Adravendi