”Sometimes smiling at yourself helps! It’s like smiling through the hurt. A little self positivity helps with things!” If it weren’t for himself trying to smile at everything, even when he was pained and tired, he wasn’t sure how long he would have lasted. Too many things always happened at once, and if he thought too deeply, he was sure he’d just spiral.

There was no time to spiral. Fettel had far too many other things to do and expectations to fulfill.

“... No, I don’t think I could call you, but if I see you again, and not throw a rock at me, maybe we can have a better chat! That’d be nice, right?” Ooh, and some training! He always could use a sparing partner, and the fact that they were on opposite sides never occurred to him as to why that might be bad.

“Mhm! I will! And you shouldn’t throw rocks so hard! Warning shots at the feet work just fine!”

Epine de Rose