Golden Sparrow patted the much smaller, younger Kai on the head in a very fond manner.

"As long as you do the same, I think I will manage, my friend. But, tell me, how are we going to decide what to do then, if we both listen to each other?"

"Because you will know" Fox breathed, holding once more on Sparrow for support. "You know that I give you my opinion........ and I dont often agree with it........ But I go with it because in the long run your right........ But like when we observed the Outpost ealier...... and I have that look in my eye......... thats the time you should really listen to me........."

Fox's lungs deflated for a moment before he continuned

"The blacksmith and his men........ they believed like me it could be done with a small force...... and we did. We killed the Vordak and the Kraan easily......... Thats the power of our instinct and willingness to survive  despite the odds........ You should remember that...... because I dont want you to die in a wrong yet tactical decision either"

Sparrow chuckled at that, then sat down, dragging Sabre Fox to do the same at his side, and then passed him a flask filled with a red liquid.

"Laumspur, I think you really need some. And I will keep your suggestion in mind."

He paused, then grinned and gestured at the battlefield, and commented:

"So, you were bragging about your kills, weren't you? I saw the last one - nasty piece of work. Want to tell me how did you managed to get the better hand on that thing?"
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With a weak smile, he accepted the drink and swilled it as quick as he could, feelng some of his strength returning.

"Without you taking one of its eyes out?" Fox said, his strength returning. "Probabally couldnt" He admitted. "Yes, I know it was you........ even if i couldnt see probablly, theres no better shot than you" He smiled.

"Rage.......... It boiled up in me...... Even though i didnt know what it had done to me, I felt rage boil up in me like nothing before. The will to survive and to win. Thats what I did. I just wanted to make sure that we would win........ even if it killed me......"

Golden Sparrow nodded, turning serious.

"I understand that, Sbare Fox, I really do... but, I think having that within ourselves, is what makes us such good warrior. It's like a roaring fire, and fire is an aspect of the Sun, isn't it?"

The patted him on the shoulder, and went on, smiling softly and looking faraway in the distance, as if checking over something only he could see:

"Yeah... I know it well. Doing the impossible and be ready to the greatest sacrifices to do what is right; that's the way of us Kai. But, you know something? I wouldn't want it any other way, because that willigness we have to make sacrifices, that determination to see things through no matter what, is what will make us win in the end."

He paused, then turned and smirked in Sabre Fox's direction, adding in a companionable tone:

"And hey, at least I will have one like you on my side to point out what's the next impossible thing I need to do, right?"
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"Every time i fight....... i dont worry about dying" Fox breathed, some of his strength now returned "I just do it, throw myself against impossible odds and just know somehwere deep down....... that ill win no matter what"

Returning the smirk, he continued

"And you can at least tell me when its beyond possible right?"

Touching his new scar, Fox sighed heavily

"What are we gonna do about this?" He said

Golden Sparrow frowned, then placed an hand over Sabre Fox's eyes, closing his head; the younger of the two Kai felt the headache from his wound getting lighter, but after a moment, Sparrow opened his eyes and shook his head.

"I don't think anybody but Master White Mantis can do anything more about your wound, Sabre Fox... and even she might not be able to remove the scar. The bone has been nicked, and if anything goes wrong when treating it, you would risk breaking your skull open. Unless you want to risk that, you should keep the scar; I've not the energy for it right now, but later I can strenghten the bone so that we can avoid any incidental damage from creating any more problems."

He smiled and added, with a grin:

"You really do have an hard head, don't you?"
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"Obviously not hard enough" Fox sighed. "Is this what the heros get? Nothing but maimed and scarred trying to do thier best to send Naar's forces back to him?.......... Wheres the sense in that"

"You know very well what the sense behind it is, Sabre Fox, and I won't insult you by explaining it."

Sparrow paused, then offered a small smile as he added:

"However, I can say this: no matter what people will say, I will explain to Master Starfire that you were crucial in our victory. It might not carry the same recognition that people's rumors do... but I hope being commended by a man like him would be a good enough prise for your crazy yet effective efforts?"

"The fact we have the outpost without our troops being decimated is enough for me" Fox said.

"Tell Master Starfire the truth, I dont care what happens to me, ive already did what I needed........ and paid the price for it"

"And I don't care how much you want to commiserate yourself right now, what I said is the truth; your actions were determinant, and that's all that matters about them. How they came about will remain among us, and us alone; we are friends, Sabre Fox, and if one of us has to break a couple rules to save some lives and help each other, well... we can keep that to ourselves, can't we?"

And he winked, letting out a chuckle as he slung his left arm around Sabre's shoulder in a brotherly one-armed hug.

I think there's not much more we need to still speak of in this thread, but if there is still some character development you want to craft here, I'll be happy to play along. :)

"Why are you so nice to me?" Fox asked all serious. "I disobeyed orders even of they were right....... Why do you do this?"

Just a few more :)

Golden Sparrow looked at Sabre Fox with a perplexed expression.

"Because, as you just said, your insubordination saved a lot of people. You really think I would care more about going against orders than about saving people?"

There was clear disbelief in the teenager's voice.

"Becuase I know you" Fox said. "You value master Starfire as a father, so why would you do this for me?"

Golden Sparrow smiled softly at that and answered, in a open, heartfelt tone:

"Because I value you as a brother, that's why."
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Almost of out character, Fox could not respond for a moment, until he saw the conviction in Sparrows eyes

"Do you think things would have been different if we didn't meet over that Giak that day?" He asked

Golden Sparrow shrugged and answered, his tone a bit whimsical:

"Thing would have been very different indeed, if the Grand Master had failed to slay Zagarna, or if he hadn't been killed by Gnaag's trap. And perhaps we would have met in other circumstances, but does it really matter?"

He smiled and patted Sabre Fox's shoulder very fondly, before adding:

"The way things are now, though, we are brothers in all but blood, and as the elder, it is part of my duty to avoid you being soclded for your small mischiefs, especially when everybody ended up the better off for them in the long run."

"And it looks like its my job to knock some instincts into that logical head of yours" Fox smirked.

Lookin around, he raised an eyebrow

"How is everyone? Cause I really could do with a healer right now"

"Then you're sorta out of luck, my friend; Nightingale should be sleeping now, she was exhausted after healing everybody, and I already used what few Healing skills I had. I guess you'll have to wait."

Golden Sparrow's tone had been that of a friendly apology, but then he smirked and added, with mirth:

"If you're too tired to move though, I could always carry you like a bride, little kid. What do you say?"

"Oh my hero!" Fox chuckled. "Just make sure to pass by Ash along the way so I can make some quip about the perks of being a hero"

Sparrow nodded and grinned at the comment, before answering:

"You can count on it."

Think we're done? Anything else you'd want to ask or do?

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Yea, done :)

Nice to know! So, what do you think of it? Was it an interesting thread? Or was it boring? :)

Also, I'm curious to hear if you have any comments on everything that happened, or if you want to ask me any questions about the details we didn't explored in the thread.

Well im interested to see if there were any bad decisions that were made, since the point of this thread was the origin and we knew how it would begin and end, but how well it went in the actual middle was up for grabs!

Also, would you say i brought along the Kai that was going to come? Since Rabbit was pretty much a no and Sword was quesionable at best

If you offered them the proper motivations, everybody could come - but, not all of them.

To get Sun Nightingale to tag along, you had to accompany her see the wounded and then ask for help; if you hadn't accompanied her she'd have been too swamped with her healing job to come, and if you hadn't asked, she wouldn't have volounteered by herself.

Ash was pretty straightforwad, you only had to challenge him in some form to get him to tag along - although he wouldn't have come if you'd had one of the other two along, since he wouldn't have found the challenge interesting if he might end up being overshadowed by one of them.

Grey Sword might have come if you went to ask his help first and managed to motivate your request in a manner that would make it look like you desperatedly needed help. That also mean he would not have come if you already had two companions, because he'd have thought that was enough support and thus his effort was not necessary.

Green Rabbit had moved closer when you'd approached Sparrow and overeard your conversation - if you had been alone, she would have shadowed you and eventually offered her help when you were leaving the camp, on the ground that Sparrow would not be happy if you died. However, that would only happen if you failed to recruit any of the others - once she saw you had Nightingale along, she didn't interfere any further.

Do you find that interesting? :)

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