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Diligence and wrath was an interesting combination. Lately he'd been seeing quite a few wrath children and though that may bother some people, he really didn't mind it. Honestly, it meant only that he didn't have to be so sensitive with them. Rather, he could prettymuch have them do whatever he wanted with just a slight amount of concern toward their wellbeing - they were very self-sufficient and self-preserving like that. Well, at least the ones that weren't wrath / humility, but he only knew one of those and didn't have to teach him anything yet.

Speaking of those boys, he'd managed to ditch them with that stupid spirituality teacher for the time-being, and was waiting outside for his next student, Ilyrosa, to show up. His plans for her involved some interesting acrobatic stunts that he'd learned how to do as a way to evade police or get to hard-to-reach places. For her, he imagined, it would just be fun. He'd overheard somewhere that it was called 'free-running' or something similar, but he wasn't really sure. After all, what a stupid name would that be?

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Fifth's tail flicked back and forth behind him as he stood awaiting that student of his, not really impatient considering he didn't have a lot to do at this point. Well, that wasn't true. Cat probably didn't want to be taking care of his kids for the entire day, but he didn't really care about that man much considering their history, and would easily take full advantage of his self-sacrificial behaviors. He sighed quietly to himself at the mere thought of the stupid male and shook his head; romance was a pain, especially when one from years and years ago came to attack you in the places where you hurt most. Especially when all of this happened at work.

In his musings, the man almost missed his student running up, looking down at the little one with a slight smile on his face, showing off a mighty pair of his own fangs. "MmHmm; if you're Ilyrosa, then I /am/ your teacher. My name's Fifth." He was silenced there by a long string of questions that left him a little stunned. Wow - wrath and diligence was right. Especially with the diligence part.

"Um... yeah. Don't look like a tech 'cause I'm not one. Just an Eilian, this is just a job to feed my ever-growing family," he said simply, swishing his lion's tail behind himself and smirking just a bit. "Yep, and I have a tail, too." He gestured for the girl to come with him, already leading her away from the Facility without any real hesitation. "So, any idea what you're here for?"

Ily grin widened even farther as her strange teacher by the name of Fifth also grinned and revealed a set of fangs as well. In her books, he was already awesomely epic. Swishing her tail back and forth, the girl followed the man away from the facility without really caring where they were going. Probably a bad idea if similar actions were taken with a stranger. Then again, once she realized his intentions things probably take a turn for the worse.

"Nope! Daddy jus' said I had t' be here and, well, here I am! An' what's an Eilian? Is that like a fancy word for lion person or something? Cause you look like one..." Ily replied, being as blunt as a little kid could. "Why? Why am I here at this place? Is daddy taking me back? Was I bad?" she asked, looking a little teary at the idea that Damon had abandoned her.

Fifth nodded to himself. Well, then, the first order of business would be to explain what his classes were all about and the like. No, wait, there were other short questions that he could answer first. He chuckled softly, shaking his head and running a hand through his mane of hair. He was for once glad of his kids' combinations. He could have gotten stuck with a child who had diligence in them, and then where would he be? No, having one kid who shied from attention and one who demanded it would be much better than one who constantly slept and another who ran around everywhere and drove him insane.

"I am a lion person. Well, gryphon - which is like a lion and an eagle. Eilians are... like animals mixed with people. Sorta," he said, trying to make it easy to understand, but feeling grimy for calling himself an 'animal mixed with a person'. That... wasn't right. And it certainly didn't feel it. His wings fluffed a bit when she seemed to get upset. "No, no, you're not being taken back. You're here for a class of sorts. Not the school, book-y, learn-y kind of class, either; only the kind the Facility would teach. It's called a skills class. Basically, I'm supposed to teach you something that will be useful to you later in life. A skill."

Ily brightened at the explainations she got, obviously not a child to be kept down by things. "REALLY? THAT'S SUPAR AWESOME! Cause you could pounce on people! Daddy's sorta like that but he won't explain what he means or just laughs. So it's like me, but with a supar awesome thing and a person instead of a... uh... Yeah." So, the child COULD run out of things to say. Just not easily. Shocking.

"A class? Cool! I like knowing new things! Like reading, and coloring, or new games... Way better than... What were we talking about again?" Ily asked, obviously far more focused on how awesome being part lion or eagle or whatever Fifth was to remember what happenened only minutes ago.

"What's your favorite color? I like purple and blue and-Where are we going anyways Fifth?" Ily asked suddenly, stopping mid-tirade and looking around. They were still around the Facility but... where were they?

Fifth nearly jumped at the excited response that he got, wings fluffing up even moreso and extending slightly, as though preparing him for flight. He chuckled a little awkwardly, soothing his startled nerves, and smiled at the wrath girl. "If you say so," he commented idly with a chuckle and a shake of his head. Sure, he loved kids and all of that, but sometimes they were rather difficult to understand with all of their strange rants and non sequitur comparisons.

The gryphon couldn't help laughing aloud at the question, shaking his head and grinning at the girl. "Well, we were talking about this class once upon a time," he said, rolling his eyes at the two questions that followed. "My favourite colour is gold. And we're just a block or two away from the Facility, closer to my next of the woods and about a block away from the nearest playground. I'm gon'na be teaching you this thing that people call 'free-running'. And... well, whatever it's called, it's really cool."

"Gold? Really? That's a pretty color. Free-running? Wassat? So where we going? The playground?" Ily asked, skipping a little ahead only to pause and wait for the Eilian to catch up. "Why can't you walk faster? You walk so slooooow. I betcha you can't beat me in a race!" the girl bragged, obviously tiring of the whole "walking" business of their class and wishing for the learning to start. Sure Fifth was really interesting as a person, but she could only think of so many questions to ask him that her father had deemed "appropriate". Whatever the hell that meant.

"Are we there yet?" she whined, asking the one question parents everywhere loathed. Those four words spelled death and annoyance, destroying the ears and vocal chords wherever heard and uttered.

Those wings of the man's only fluffed up more at the nice compliment about his colour. But that wasn't lingered on for long; for the best, he supposed. "It's like... learning how to get around places really fast. You use things to your advantage, too, like walls or playgrounds, which is where we're going." The statement about his pace made him frown slightly, but it wasn't anything that he wasn't used to. He quickened his pace once more, stretching his wings out and flexing them in the sunlight.

"Actually, I'm pretty sure that I would beat you," he noted in reply, not really minding the idea of a race with the girl regardless. Hey, it was kind of related to their class, wasn't it? The whining made him wince, most of the kids he knew having been trained of that nasty habit, and he smirked down at the girl. "Fine, we'll race. It's that park just up there," he said, pointing straight ahead. "We'll meet at the playground," he added, flexing his talons on the ground. "Ready?"

"Reeeeaaaally? SWEET! And you sure? I beat everybody I know in races, sometimes even kids on bikes," Ily giggled, brimming with excitement and adrenaline at the sheer thought of a race. Damon only challenged her once and ever since then gave up on such antics. He knew he couldn't beat her without cheating, which was pretty awesome. After all, who could say they could outrun their dad when they were a kid?

"Ready~! Aaaand.... GO!" Like a lightning bolt, the girl took off across the ground and to the playground, leaping nimbly over whatever decided to get into her way. Trees? Avoided by dodging right or left. Branches? Generally ignored if small enough. Within sheer moments, the wrath girl sat on top of the slide, giggling and grinning like some sort of ape.

Ily giggled and nodded. She wasn’t anywhere near tired yet. A little out of breath, maybe, but tired? Nah. “Why woul’ I lie? An’ I’m not tired so yeah, le’s start!” she replied excitedly, bouncing a little on her feet. It would take more than a short run to tire out the great Ilyrosa Spectre! Not to mention being part diligence and having insane amounts of stamina helped greatly. Not to mention she was a child and already brimming with energy. It was a wonder why she didn’t explode if not constantly in motion or actively doing SOMETHING. “Bu’ if you’re tired we can take a break,” she added, finally remembering both her manners and that most tired out faster than she ever would.

Ily soaked in the information, watching intently as Fifth leapt off the jungle-gym, fell, and landed with a little roll onto his feet at the end. Didn’t look or seem TOO difficult to reproduce. “Kay.” Lacking wings, the girl had to climb a little higher onto the top of the park equipment to get some extra height. She wasn’t high enough to break bones if she landed badly, but it was good for practicing at least. After a slight pause of hesitation Ily jumped and essentially copied Fifth’s movements before bouncing right up after the little roll, as eager as ever before. “I did it! Awesome! Now wha’?” she asked, unsure what the man wanted her to do. Was he going to make her do the same thing a few more times or something else? She could never be sure.