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She lowered her head, apologetically, as she considered what to say. "If .. taking a step to build a closer bond between myself and another upsets you so .. it will likely upset others also. I was thinking only of myself and of Fox, I see this now." she said softly, her eyes slowly rising to meet his. "I should not be so selfish, I apologize and I understand that you need the cooling." she said softly, bobbing her head apologetically before wandering away slowly, taking the long way around the lake before returning to the bench which had Ontaros' clothes stacked neatly on it, waiting for his return. She did not sit on the bench, but beside it, having her back face the lake, silently staring at the sand and grass before her.

Feeling rather dispirited, she remained silently sitting near the bench, thinking more of what had gone on that day.

"I have done a bad thing, Little One. You should be ashamed of me." she said softly, seeming to shrink in to herself. She knew what he was doing and wondered; "Does that not hurt?"

Ontaros finally surfaces in the middle of the lake, his head shaking from one side to the other slinging water all about the surface. He sighed contently and was just treading water for a little while as he got his bearings.

True in an sense *a voice spoke loudly as it come closer* If it is against another morality or sense of justice it is true your words ring a good point. But you have to think that having a humble mind would help you. Not always you can make decisions that make you happy sometimes the true right thing is hurtful and painful both mentally and physically. In any place branding is a symbol of negative things. I hope you two understand that as well.

Ontaros's ears twitched a little when he heard others in the area speaking. He turned to thier direction and his smile faded as he saw Ziven on the beach with Fox. His teeth gritted slightly but he quickly gathered himself and began looking for his clothing. He spotted them not far off from where Ziven and Fox were. He slowly began swiming to shore with his catch of the day, a half frozen, very large catfish held by it's tail in one of Ont's hands while his other hand and both feet worked to get him back to shore. It took a few moments but he made it back to the waters edge, trudged up and out of the lake dragging the fish behind him and tossed it on the ground by the bench. He closed his eyes and kicked up a violent and very contained windstorm just around him, quickly drying him off and he slipped into his pants before starting to gather all the makings for a campfire.

He hastily grabbed him while he was distracted from his angered behaviour. He lifted him up and pressed him upon a tree hard using all force to restrict him from movement. "You don't litsen do you? No one here doubts your motives or the fact that she cares about you like a sibling and you care about her too. You are failing to see the point. You could have always had used another type of bond or you could have made a pact. The branding is something that is very... sensitive for lack of a better word to it. It says somewhere "That it is better to tie a huge boulder onto your neck and dive to see than to make others shake with your actions" I give a point to ali that it makes her look like a slave i give a point to you you did it out of love. But both need to be impartial and see things beyond that. You could have handled things way better. though is now hard to reverse hope you see not as a reprimand but as an advice to be careful sometimes you need that. I care about my friend so stop sulking about an opinion and prove that what you did isnt what he thinks by your actions. That goes for you as well ziven. Stop remorse and accept what happened and deal with in a very respectful manner.