Skoll was not used to cruelty, and so his attempts at insulting his sibling were clumsy and childish at best. Truthfully he’d never cared about what Hati looked like, and had even thought him handsome before, albeit in a way far different from Skoll himself—streamlined and swarthy rather than bold and golden. As such, the crack about his hair hardly bothered him, although the way he pushed it out of his face might have been seen as self-conscious. He felt more like a wolf with it untamed, more wild and powerful. He wanted to answer the little dig, perhaps to say he didn’t have time or that their father kept his hair shaggy, but the conversation had moved on by that point, and so predatory silence was his only response.
He was oddly pleased to see some emotion on his brother’s face, but whatever smug toothy look he’d worn faded at his brother’s quiet remark. His lips drew back again, in a growl rather than a smile this time, and he rumbled quietly as he responded. “What, you gonna ride your noble steed out into battle or something, ponyboy?” His control slipped, sheer teenage frustration overcoming everything else, and he barked out hateful words he would come to regret. “Forget it, Hati. You can try, but you’re not gonna amount to anything.”
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Short again, but... *slaps Skoll*
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