( SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT CONTEXT: this relm is a crow. )
"I like this new you, Trance!"
'Stain', for her part, fails to see any problem with this. She's too young, too inexperienced with humanity, and too selfishly focused on getting what she wants (the shiny treasure, she wants to have the shiny treasure) to see any issue with one of her teammates suddenly becoming significantly more effective.
"Very strong! Very angry! Very good at smashing things! Really good! Awfully good! See, I was right about throwing you in at the deep end! Heh, and you thought you'd have trouble."
She nods in approval, watching as Terra stabs the clownlike monster over and over and over again. And over. And over... It's greed, rather than concern (or at least concern that is very, very well disguised as greed), that eventually moves her.
"But hey, idea. Let's maybe save some of that for later. I bet I can find you an even better clown to beat up if we keep going. Maybe one with big ol' deep pockets full of shiny things."
II
"I like this new you, Trance!"
'Stain', for her part, fails to see any problem with this. She's too young, too inexperienced with humanity, and too selfishly focused on getting what she wants (the shiny treasure, she wants to have the shiny treasure) to see any issue with one of her teammates suddenly becoming significantly more effective.
"Very strong! Very angry! Very good at smashing things! Really good! Awfully good! See, I was right about throwing you in at the deep end! Heh, and you thought you'd have trouble."
She nods in approval, watching as Terra stabs the clownlike monster over and over and over again. And over. And over... It's greed, rather than concern (or at least concern that is very, very well disguised as greed), that eventually moves her.
"But hey, idea. Let's maybe save some of that for later. I bet I can find you an even better clown to beat up if we keep going. Maybe one with big ol' deep pockets full of shiny things."