Moonspear Definitely a time gap

yeah, too bad he's too stubborn for good advice. :') i just want to scoop nishu up and hug him, poor thing <3

Charon was taken aback when Nishu not only admitted that he was a fake-ass knight, but looked away, letting Charon win the eye contact game too. He wasn't so taken aback that he didn't secretly gloat about his wins, though. How could this dude seriously think he could give anyone else advice if he was failing at his own life? For a moment Charon looked undecided, then a triumphant smile fell across his face as he began to realise that he'd won the stand-off. What was supposed to be a day of fun cave-shouting to break the constant stream of hard leadership work had resulted in this, and while it wasn't exactly how Charon had intended to spend his day, at least he hadn't gotten physically pummeled to the ground or knocked off his throne. He was still Alpha, by Ame's side, where he deserved to be.

And Nishu? Nishu was looking at the ground, as he deserved. His resolute words of Charon's imcompetence were now melted down to 'having a hard time believing's, which meant that he was beginning to doubt himself. Charon didn't mind if his subjects thought for themselves, but in this particular case he enjoyed seeing the havoc of doubt wreaked upon Nishu. He enjoyed seeing him crumble down just because Charon had found the soft spot. All it took was one good poke.

Charon huffed as Nishu said that he would end up a failure if he would not prepare himself well enough. You don't know me, Charon haughtily thought, but he had already said that, and so he didn't repeat himself. "Thanks for the warning," he instead said, and it was hard to tell whether he meant the words or not, for he kept his face straight with a slight smile. His expression hardened a little then as he said: "Don't worry, you'll find I'm plenty prepared." It was hard not to give Nishu a good verbal kick in the butt as he turned around and walked away, but Charon decided to 'be the bigger wolf'. He'd already brought Nishu to his knees, and hopefully that would make him realise not to mess with his new Alpha. Charon as here to stay whether anyone liked it or not.

He watched Nishu walk away, and figured he'd seek him out again some other time, later. It was no use having some depressed wolf hanging around his pack, after all; now that he'd knocked him down a peg, he should build him up again... If Nishu would let him, anyway. One knight to another — for although Charon's knightly title was instated in a game of make-believe, in the light of Osprey's disappearance it still meant much to him.