"Yeah, we had an alliance before you tried to kill me." Howard highly resents the 'being pinned down by his ally' thing, all the moreso when the second time it happened he got bled out on the ice. But that's not Alpha's fault, that's Aunamee's.
Hard to tell apart, in a way. He can keep them straight factually but the emotions bleed into each other, the fear of one amplifying the fear of the other, the doubt in one tainting the other, tugging him between the two.
"But yeah, that's pretty straightforward. But you can cut it out with the insults, okay? I can find allies who aren't going to call me stupid and helpless."
It takes every last bit of Howard's nerve to say that, and he looks spent for the effort. His shaking intensifies and he can't help but cringe slightly, as if Alpha's going to attack him here and now for his insolence.
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Hard to tell apart, in a way. He can keep them straight factually but the emotions bleed into each other, the fear of one amplifying the fear of the other, the doubt in one tainting the other, tugging him between the two.
"But yeah, that's pretty straightforward. But you can cut it out with the insults, okay? I can find allies who aren't going to call me stupid and helpless."
It takes every last bit of Howard's nerve to say that, and he looks spent for the effort. His shaking intensifies and he can't help but cringe slightly, as if Alpha's going to attack him here and now for his insolence.