[He's an altruist at heart if you're the right species.
... Which Ellana is not, so yeah, he doesn't enjoy being conscripted into a cause. And speaking of other things he doesn't enjoy:]
I don't need a lecture!
[Is how he reflexively snaps back. Regardless of whether she meant it as one or not, Brett is still enough of a kid to react poorly to anything he views as patronizing when it doesn't come from someone he respects. This stranger, and a "human" at that, definitely doesn't fall under that category.
... It doesn't help that a part of him recognizes her point, though that's why, after a moment in which he calms down, he thinks over it. Admittedly while still glaring, and his sour expression only grows worse when he realizes that he has no real reason to refuse.]
... But fine!
[And thus, his shadows will be extending towards Ellana in a perhaps ominous manner. Actually completely unintentional, but hey, what can you do. Brett doesn't think too hard on how suspect his ability looks to others.]
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... Which Ellana is not, so yeah, he doesn't enjoy being conscripted into a cause. And speaking of other things he doesn't enjoy:]
I don't need a lecture!
[Is how he reflexively snaps back. Regardless of whether she meant it as one or not, Brett is still enough of a kid to react poorly to anything he views as patronizing when it doesn't come from someone he respects. This stranger, and a "human" at that, definitely doesn't fall under that category.
... It doesn't help that a part of him recognizes her point, though that's why, after a moment in which he calms down, he thinks over it. Admittedly while still glaring, and his sour expression only grows worse when he realizes that he has no real reason to refuse.]
... But fine!
[And thus, his shadows will be extending towards Ellana in a perhaps ominous manner. Actually completely unintentional, but hey, what can you do. Brett doesn't think too hard on how suspect his ability looks to others.]