Balanced, as all things should be
Tea
12-16-2021, 11:03 AM
Aris leaned into his kiss on her forehead, as uncertain of which hat he was wearing now as she'd been before. He did that all the time, whether he was wearing the Dad hat or the Alpha hat. Neither was the fact that he used her full name rather than Ari a clue, because he did that all the time too. His tone of voice was a bit grim which definitely leaned towards "alpha hat".
.... Oh.
Sedna.
Aris' expression barely twitched, but a wave of rage went through her til her ears felt hot and her toes flexed just slightly pop the claws from their sheaths. So the great warrior had been so offended after all that she'd felt the need to carry tales, had she? "Since I don't know what she told you I said I can't really defend myself accurately," she said with deceptive cheer, "But if she told you I said that she was hiding behind her rank as an excuse to do nothing, therefore weakening the pack by not increasing its capability when she has more than enough training herself to have chosen to do so if she'd cared, then yes that's exactly what I said, and I don't regret saying it."
She continued in as reasonable a tone as she could muster, though the false cheer had turned to complete seriousness. "Father, she's a trained healer, despite the fact that she's ranked as a warrior, and choosing to do nothing while three different yearlings were going completely untrained and leaving Armada without the full compliment of its strength is negligence on the part of any trained healers, regardless of their rank. And when she did call us together for a lesson, she didn't teach us anything. She just told us to figure it out ourselves and sat there and let Gossamer do the teaching, again, because Gossamer's been the only healer in the pack who has cared about whether or not the rest of us learn anything. She sure hasn't been training anyone in fighting either and that is her rank... Doing the bare minimum and ignoring the needs of the pack shouldn't earn someone the right to be treated respectfully, sir." She finished the last in a rush and stood meeting his eyes defiantly, clearly not in the least repentant over her outburst.
.... Oh.
Sedna.
Aris' expression barely twitched, but a wave of rage went through her til her ears felt hot and her toes flexed just slightly pop the claws from their sheaths. So the great warrior had been so offended after all that she'd felt the need to carry tales, had she? "Since I don't know what she told you I said I can't really defend myself accurately," she said with deceptive cheer, "But if she told you I said that she was hiding behind her rank as an excuse to do nothing, therefore weakening the pack by not increasing its capability when she has more than enough training herself to have chosen to do so if she'd cared, then yes that's exactly what I said, and I don't regret saying it."
She continued in as reasonable a tone as she could muster, though the false cheer had turned to complete seriousness. "Father, she's a trained healer, despite the fact that she's ranked as a warrior, and choosing to do nothing while three different yearlings were going completely untrained and leaving Armada without the full compliment of its strength is negligence on the part of any trained healers, regardless of their rank. And when she did call us together for a lesson, she didn't teach us anything. She just told us to figure it out ourselves and sat there and let Gossamer do the teaching, again, because Gossamer's been the only healer in the pack who has cared about whether or not the rest of us learn anything. She sure hasn't been training anyone in fighting either and that is her rank... Doing the bare minimum and ignoring the needs of the pack shouldn't earn someone the right to be treated respectfully, sir." She finished the last in a rush and stood meeting his eyes defiantly, clearly not in the least repentant over her outburst.