[It is a testament to exactly how much influence Serph actually has over the temperamental redhead that for all the countless responses to Jayce's claim of self defense, none of them are actually spoken. Somehow, it's obvious they're being thought though.
Rookies did indeed have implication. Naive, inexperienced.
Beelzebub had been a rookie that got a little too big for his britches; rookies needed to be kept in hand or they'd run amok, the structure of tribes and their usual intense loyalties important to prevent it. But Jayce isn't marked in orange. Or any other tribe color. The low rumble resumes, distinctly displeased.]
Fine. [Obedience didn't mean he wouldn't grumble about it.] I'll let you go this time.
[Fearless he remains, but he's not stupid; re-engaging surrounded by ice and already injured wasn't high on Heat's priority list though that didn't mean he wouldn't claim otherwise. Regaining his 'human' form in a cascade of pale light, Agni's injuries seem to disappear, no obvious wounds marring the gray and black Junkyard armor, but they ARE still there.
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Rookies did indeed have implication. Naive, inexperienced.
Beelzebub had been a rookie that got a little too big for his britches; rookies needed to be kept in hand or they'd run amok, the structure of tribes and their usual intense loyalties important to prevent it. But Jayce isn't marked in orange. Or any other tribe color. The low rumble resumes, distinctly displeased.]
Fine. [Obedience didn't mean he wouldn't grumble about it.] I'll let you go this time.
[Fearless he remains, but he's not stupid; re-engaging surrounded by ice and already injured wasn't high on Heat's priority list though that didn't mean he wouldn't claim otherwise. Regaining his 'human' form in a cascade of pale light, Agni's injuries seem to disappear, no obvious wounds marring the gray and black Junkyard armor, but they ARE still there.
The cold is far more tolerable immediately.]