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“Oh,” Hybrid replied after serious consideration. Snake’s words had confused him and led him in circles. Now that the Hydra mentioned it, Hybrid realized he had in fact been the one to approach Snake. However, the other canine’s “pleasantry” – submission without recognition of rank – confused him. And the concept of pleasantry confused him as well. What was submission without recognition of rank? He would only ever do it if necessary – or to avoid guilt, as he had done with Kaena – but if it was not in acknowledgement of another’s superiority, it was just a canine grovelling.
Hybrid frowned to himself, trying to figure out what point he wanted to reply to. He wanted to address both points, but he wasn’t certain what he thought about either of them. If pleasantry was used to “diffuse” a situation or make things less tense, Hybrid understood it even less. This pleasantry only confused him; it had not helped their situation and had not made him feel more relaxed in Snake’s presence. It seemed useless, as it had failed to achieve its goal.
“You shouldn’t grovel without need then,” he said at last. Then he frowned, trying to think of what else he had to say to Snake. “Fuck ‘em if they don’t like it. The only one who matters is Gabriel anyways. And maybe Kaena because she’s his mother,” he added. The rest are dirt. He itched to say it, but held back. He frowned, trying to figure out the other ideas he wanted to voice. He felt like he had something to add Snake’s other comments, but couldn’t remember what exactly he had wanted to respond with. It didn’t really matter anyways; if it had been important, he probably would have already voiced his opinion. Snake had said something about how Hybrid had initiated the conversation, but at this point, he couldn’t bring himself to care to formulate a response. That, and he wasn’t sure why he had even started the conversation in the first place.
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