Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31049256-20171111145041/@comment-28358106-20171219061715

(S9/Lil)  "Only fools and murderers want to purposely hurt someone else, whether it's for money or politics or their own personal gain.  Nobody good wants to do something like that, Lil.  And you know Mama Tirush is a good person." Almost automatically Thomas reaches out, the back of his hand brushing Lilrava's cheek for a few seconds as he speaks.

"You know she's a hunter, and has to hunt animals to eat.  And you know that because she's a predator, she has to hunt.  It's in her blood, it's in her people's tradition.  But she'll be the first to tell you that she would never hunt more than she has to, or hurt an animal needlessly.  How she feels about defending you, defending those she loves, is the same way.  She can't not defend you with every fiber of her being any more than she can turn into a bird and fly to the moon."

Thomas folds his hands as he rests his arms on his knees, and looks back down. "You know when she told you about when she had to...fight all those people who came for her and tried to get Partha?  I know she's told you the story.  But..."

He hesitates. "There's something else to it, something about it she never talks about.  Whether it's pride, or," he gestures with his hands, "Wanting to keep it from you girls, I don't know.  But I'm going to tell you something, and you have to promise me that you will tell her I told you this, so the two of you can speak about it together later." He looks at her with serious expectancy.