Heron Lake Plateau Bigger is better

It felt pretty hopeless to try and get the boys to calm down. Eljay knew that being 'nice' wasn't exactly something most young children aspired to be, but he wanted them to know that it was perfectly fine to be nice, nonetheless. He frowned sadly when Tywyll said that you had to be mean or others would walk over you. Cinder meanwhile fell silent, and Eljay hoped that meant that he was thinking about the words. Looking at Tywyll, Eljay explained: "But if everyone thinks that way, everyone is always just going to be mean to each other. What's wrong with being nice and showing you appreciate each other?" It hurt to think that they might be thinking mean things about him, too, just because they didn't want to be 'walked over'. They were all family, why couldn't they all get along like one?

Tegan, rather than going into discussion, seemed to accept Eljay's advice at first. Eljay sighed in relief until Tegan tacked a condition onto his request. Eljay sheepishly blinked at Tegan for a moment, visibly doubting, not sure what one and the other had to do with each other, and also not sure if he should indulge his brother's somewhat childish request. "Why?" he ended up asking rather than choosing a yes or no. "What does that... Why do you want that?" He waited for the answer with confusion written on his face. If he knew Tegan at all, he had to get something out of it, but Eljay didn't see what that was yet.