SPOILER!!: Dakest :3
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Tazenhani Sabel shook his head. Either the kid had never experienced someone truly angry, or he had always experienced someone angry and never one inclined to stern advice. He hoped for the former, and dreaded the possibility of the later. "One day, I'm sure it will."
Still plenty of time to figure out the super confusing, and the generally confusing. That's what the young years were for after all.
His smile lightened and he shook his head, turning the stem of the flower slowly about in his hands. "There are no stupid reasons, Fuller-Thompson." Really, he was just going to have to start calling kids by their first names. Habit was getting tedious. "Just reasons. Find me whenever you are ready."
Putting the flower across his knees, Sabel extended his hand for a handshake, a promise of sorts. Even if the kid was graduated by the time he was ready, his word still stood.
That head shaking? Still confusing, but Toby didn't even point it out at this point. He was relatively certain that Dakest knew how confusing he found him in general, or perhaps it wasn't just a thing exclusive to Toby. Maybe he was just a confusing sort of guy to EVERYONE, in which case he almost definitely already knew.
"That's not what I was taught," he replied, speaking quite casually as he again surveyed his collection of flowers. He wouldn't get into it, though, because it was hardly something he dwelled on, and he was still unlearning those sorts of things.
"But I believe you. If you say so, y'know?" Not even a hint of sarcasm touched Toby's voice.
Movement made him look back up again, and he saw Dakest's outstretched hand. He hesitated for only a split second, long enough for his brain to go through a multitude of thoughts, then reached out and shook it.
"Okay." He nodded. And smiled.
"Thanks, sir."