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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 1:57 pm
Iorek took a deep breath and slowly nodded to Shepard. He was right after all. It really didn’t matter. Maybe if he trained like this then he would be able to control his anger and not worry about hurting friends and family. This could be what he needed all along to express the rage that came and left like a rolling wave.
“Okay…If you think it will help. I’m in.”
He looked between them as a small bit of the weight on his back lifted. “But…” Reks croaked as his tired eyes stared at Shepward and Cesc, “If my temper gets the best of me and I get really bad, I need you to give me a lot of space, okay? Don’t run but just slowly leave.” If they ran Reks was sure the other side would lunge and finish the hunt like it had desired to do back in the jungle with Cesc. “I’m not safe when I get angry.”
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 1:58 pm
Shepard's eyes ticked to Cesc as Iorek spoke. He saw the stag's color drain from his face at that line: I'm not safe when I get angry.
Rhedefre had mentioned it, something like it. Iorek's temper in the jungle, his manhandling. But it was something that Shepard could not fully understand, whatever it was that Cesc had seen in the darkness there, deep in the jungle...
Shepard's voice was soft when it came out. "It's okay," he said. "We'll deal with it. We'll give y'the space until you can handle it." He reached out, putting a hand on Iorek's shoulder. "Just promise me you'll talk to someone about it, aright?"
Cesc cleared his throat, nodding. "Yes. Reks." He looked at his friend, his eyes earnest. "It... really does help."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 1:59 pm
Iorek trusted Shepard as much as a friend could. If Shepard said they would take precaution then he believed him. “O-Okay…if you promise then I will too.”
Although Iorek wasn’t sure who we could talk to about all of this. He had pretty much isolated himself from the other raevans to keep them safe. Lillian and Tyson tried to help but somehow he always got angrier when they tried to listen and understand. Maybe training could be his way of talking through it? Training equipment didn’t talk back after all.
“Thanks guys. It..means a lot to me. Even if I might show it, it does.” Iorek breathed another heavy sigh and nodded his head as he thought it over. “I really hope this helps.”
Before they headed down to beach where Iorek kept all the weights and boulders, Reks reached for Cesc. He was to afraid to actually grab a hold of him though and just grasped at the air, “Listen Cesc…I just..I want you to know that I’m sorry over…” He glanced up to see if Shep was nearby before he continued, “everything. I didn’t mean to scare you or hurt you. I just want you to know, okay?” In his moment of clarity he wanted to make sure he extended an olive branch before the beast gobbled it up.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 1:59 pm
Cesc turned back at Iorek, surprised for a moment -- but in the next, his expression softened. He wasn't the utter wreck he had been. Things had been hard, but he saw that they were improving... and he hoped the same was happening with his friend.
"It's okay," he pressed, putting a hand on Iorek's shoulder. "Really, I mean it. Everything in the jungle was horrible. We were all horrible, too. But we've got to leave it back there."
He smiled, a little strained, but still a flash of himself. "I'm trying my best to do it. Let's both try, yeah?"
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 2:00 pm
A small smile came to be on Iorek’s face. It had been quite a while since he looked even a little bit cheerful. “Yeah, w-we can do it we try.”
But even as he said this uncertainty still loomed heavily over him. What if he just couldn’t shake it? What if it only got worse? What if he ended up truly hurting someone?
For the moment, Reks did all he could to push it those thoughts to the back of his mind. Right now he had other things to focus on. He had to at least try to move on no matter how hard it might be. “If we do it together, it won’t be so bad.”
Iorek then extended his hand and gently rested it on his friends shoulder. “Thanks Cesc.”
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