[ he has a habit of sneaking up on people anyway, intentionally or otherwise. but he'll sigh to alert strohl to his presence before coming to stand beside him. ]
[ what a role reversal you're playing the wise professor (?) and im playing the angsty youn gman
oh - he glances over when he realizes there's someone there, and lets mordalion come over, turning his gaze back outward. and when he speaks, strohl huffs, short and derisive. ]
[ he doesn't flinch or anything at this dead on assessment, but...]
... yeah. [ he doesn't disagree, either, is the thing. it's not even the first time he's done something like that. lost his temper in a moment of fury. he nearly screwed the entire plan barely hours before he arrived here because strohl saw red. ] Way to rub it in, why don't you...
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Your reaction wasn't unreasonable, you know.
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oh - he glances over when he realizes there's someone there, and lets mordalion come over, turning his gaze back outward. and when he speaks, strohl huffs, short and derisive. ]
You're damned right it wasn't.
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he just nods, looking out at the same point. ]
That said, the others were right in holding you back. That aggressive insistence is indicative of your age, where instinct comes before reason.
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... yeah. [ he doesn't disagree, either, is the thing. it's not even the first time he's done something like that. lost his temper in a moment of fury. he nearly screwed the entire plan barely hours before he arrived here because strohl saw red. ] Way to rub it in, why don't you...
[ there's humour in that last sentence, faint. ]