Summer Days, Driftin' Away

The man would raise a brow to her words, as she damn well knew he wasn't always a pleasure to have around. Yet he debated on saying nothing just as he should have said nothing when Katja left. No this was downing himself, not the queen so it was ok to call him self names. "Valeriya, you know just how much of an ass I can be. So you know that its not always a pleasure to see me."

He would give it a moment, knowing something was there. Almost as if she didn't like being nice all the time but he would say nothing on the matter. "Anyway, I stopped to apologize for when and how I spoke to you at the meeting the day Katja had left you with Ebony. I am still not entirely sure that your ready for the position but I do think you have done a good job so far.

Max's hind end would find the ground and his icy blue eyes would remain on Valeriya. He did hope the girl would forgive him for his 'outburst'. However if she didn't, he wouldn't blame her. She was the queen and had the power to take his job away from him, give his student to another...even though there wasn't another healer to teach her, and kick him out of the pack if she saw fit to do so.