Growing pains

As Wylan introduced them Oleander dipped his head to the lady warmly, suddenly at a loss for words as she practically purred his name. He looked down at their feet with his eyes wide while he chewed his lip and held his breath.

Then suddenly nudged the basket closer to Wylan for his snack before focusing on the conversation they were having with intensifying interest.

Strong enough when the time came? He watched the woman with his viridian eyes as she relayed the lesson she had been trying to teach Wylan when he was a kid. If anyone understood their own potential and the realities of it, it was Oleander. More, his shortcomings.

"What would be a good time to be flexible? What do you mean by that?" He asked seriously. He wanted to catch up to his brother as quickly as he could, he had missed out on a lot of these lessons throughout his childhood.