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Birk's jab was most likely meant to provoke, but in Nightjar's case, he was completely right. He had no sense of humour, and was too serious by far for his own good. That in itself was sometimes comical enough to make up for it. He couldn't take a joke and he rarely laughed at them. More often than not, he simply didn't understand them, or took them literally, as he had this time.

As Birk turned to leave, Nightjar stared defiantly at his retreating backside, tail flagging in a clear challenge of the other wolf's rank and inability to hold his authority (he was too busy taking jabs, as it were), then turned and strode stiffly in the other direction.