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Ausdauer knew there was truth in what Aurianna was saying; 'normal' was a stupid word to have used, because 'normal' was completely relative. Even among the different races of Soquili, even among the domained Angeni themselves, there were differences. He got that, got that no one was really the same as anyone else. But there was unique, and then there was abnormal, truly abnormal. What else could he be described as if not abnormal, when he was an Angeni who let his temper blast at the least provocation?

Still, he tried to take some comfort from Aurianna's words, because he knew that she was trying to be helpful. He even managed a chuckle at the 'arrogant asshat' comment, wondering if the arrogant asshat was meant to be him. Goodness knows that he had his moments of arrogance...

But that moment of good humor was quick to disburse as Aurianna went straight to the root of the matter. "I don't think it's normal for me, no. I don't think it's normal for anyone, but especially not me. It's not right to be so angry at things, and it's hampering my ability to deal with other things. Helping others. Being an Angeni. That sort of thing," he said with a vague gesture of his wing. It was relatively recent, this desire to do more with his life, but that didn't make it any less real. He didn't want to be like his old mentor Regelus, a self-imposed pariah who lived exclusively to...well, to be an Angeni, but he did want to actually feel good about his contributions. Aurianna was living her domain right now; he'd seen other Angeni at work often enough to realize that there was a certain 'buzz' that came with a job well done.

He wanted that. He wanted to be more than a big, angry stallion. Surely that wasn't too much to want?