[His hand tightens into a fist and Silver snarls a bit - then forces himself to calm down and think. He knows Riku is right and it would do him not good to react hotly to it or dismiss the matter out of hand; deny Riku had a point. Not two months ago he would have, but now...
It's another bitter pill to swallow, though not as bitter as some of the ones on other topics... Another breath or ten and he schools his face impassively.] I'm hardly an uneducated simpleton.
[And the redhead's just going to lean against a tree nonchalantly, hands shoved into jeans pockets. Now you can see the coldness and arrogance that matches that aura of his.] But I suppose you might have gotten stronger, for a weakling.
[...backhanded acknowledgement? From Silver? Perish the though.]
Action!
It's another bitter pill to swallow, though not as bitter as some of the ones on other topics... Another breath or ten and he schools his face impassively.] I'm hardly an uneducated simpleton.
[And the redhead's just going to lean against a tree nonchalantly, hands shoved into jeans pockets. Now you can see the coldness and arrogance that matches that aura of his.] But I suppose you might have gotten stronger, for a weakling.
[...backhanded acknowledgement? From Silver? Perish the though.]