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He nodded.  Yeah, that was getting pretty close, Yeah, I'm no good at explaining things.  But yeah.  Because if you wanna do this, you have to keep up that reflection.  It's not just thinking you'll do good and assuming that then everything you do is right.  Gotta make sure you're not going overboard being protective or being too controlling or whatever either.

It's not necessarily doing what makes people happy, it's doing what's right.  Hopefully things are done being stupid as hell so you won't have to make any particularly thankless decisions on your own, but there's always that chance.[/q] He rolled a shoulder in a shrug.  That'd become quite clear to him, and even though Niamh seemed to eventually understand, he wasn't sure anyone else did, and he wasn't gonna go prancing around declaring how he'd been right, either.  Because honestly, if Quixote being negative about the whole experience scared them away, they probably weren't worth having as leaders anyway.  Or would they? Probably depended on specific reason for why they might not want to go through with it, but eh.

But really, there wasn't much of a reason to say no to Tegan... He'd done a good job as just an average pack member.  He seemed more stable than some, even if he was a little weird.  All of Quixote's reservations were mostly just being gunshy at adding anyone else any time soon.  That maybe he'd again be wrong and miss something that'd explode at a later date.  Can at least give it a try, see if it works -- just don't go doing anything crazy right out of the box so we have to kick you back down, right? Qui was going to at least try to put a bit of an amused spin on things.  Though all of this felt so awkward.

He did kind of wish there was more of a way to try to refine Towhee a bit more as well -- to tone down some of her more rash decisions, but considering the pack wasn't dead yet, it was probably more of a case of those few incidents standing out like sore thumbs.  And her probably not wanting to listen to him anyway.  It'd be like trying to convince a boulder to move out of the way.  Just as long as Tegan didn't turn into another off-kilter Niamh...