Stepping outside of your comfort zone is essential for long-term success.
[ with a hum of agreement, at blue's assessment of salma's weaknesses and strengths . . . and lance continues to watch the battle. he has never been good at things like this; mass-teaching groups of people. it was one of many reasons he never remained leader of blackthorn gym. such a thing is just a thing he is not good at.
and he considers saying so when blue asks his next question.
lance hesitates for half a moment before taking a seat on the bench next to blue, resting his back against the wall. dragonite remains next to blue, seemingly interested in watching the battles, though the massive dragon glances toward lance, as his friend considers his answer. ]
I did. I needed to speak to your grandfather.
[ it wasn't necessarily a pleasant conversation. mostly consisting of what do you mean, you gave ethan permission to scale mount silver, and the bickering of two old friends who believe they know best when neither of them likely do. ]
After that, it was a brief visit. I said hello to Daisy, and Red's mother. Both say hello.
[ it's sort of hard not to say hello to the entire town when he arrives to say hello. the town is so small, and word spreads quickly. and he always feels somewhat compelled to check in with red's family, given what happened. ]
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Date: 2020-06-20 11:57 pm (UTC)[ with a hum of agreement, at blue's assessment of salma's weaknesses and strengths . . . and lance continues to watch the battle. he has never been good at things like this; mass-teaching groups of people. it was one of many reasons he never remained leader of blackthorn gym. such a thing is just a thing he is not good at.
and he considers saying so when blue asks his next question.
lance hesitates for half a moment before taking a seat on the bench next to blue, resting his back against the wall. dragonite remains next to blue, seemingly interested in watching the battles, though the massive dragon glances toward lance, as his friend considers his answer. ]
I did. I needed to speak to your grandfather.
[ it wasn't necessarily a pleasant conversation. mostly consisting of what do you mean, you gave ethan permission to scale mount silver, and the bickering of two old friends who believe they know best when neither of them likely do. ]
After that, it was a brief visit. I said hello to Daisy, and Red's mother. Both say hello.
[ it's sort of hard not to say hello to the entire town when he arrives to say hello. the town is so small, and word spreads quickly. and he always feels somewhat compelled to check in with red's family, given what happened. ]