[ a little tail swish. ]

... I know that you have had a very long life of people trying to erase you. But you cannot always bite and still expect people to hold out their hands. You know this.

I will continue to do so, because I see something in you that I would like to encourage. But I am the exception to the rule, because I do not feel the teeth.

You get what you put in, Brimstone. Learn from what happens to you, don't just block it out.