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[pyrighteous]

Are ... you two fighting right now?

[neonleon]

Yeah, but we do this all the time, this is normal.

[Even if there is something starting to eat away at him inside. Ignore it for now, Hunter's more important.]

[othellovonryan]

Just a bit of brotherly ribbing.

Leo and I do it a lot, it's enrichment. [He loves a good argument.]

[pyrighteous]

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But you’re fighting. How is that ENRICHING.

[neonleon]

It's pretty low stakes, all things considered. He likes to try and drive my ego down - which does not work by the way do not try this - and I like making him come up with arguments to defend his stance.

Enrichment.

[othellovonryan]

He also likes to get under my skin.

But he does pose a challenge and it's immensely satisfying to see mister faceman crack. It's a preferable way to work out aggression, and fun in its own way.

It's part of how I explained siblings before. You would do anything to help and support them when it counts, but you wouldn't lend them five snails. Are you still upset with Luz for the less serious fights you had?

[pyrighteous]

I… no, but… I was also glaringly in the wrong?? Every time we fought, I was literally trying to kill her or imprison her or something else terrible.

[neonleon]

[With the immediacy of hugs no longer necessary, Leo settles for just keeping an arm draped over Hunter's shoulders and relaxes.

He will make don regret the 'stand-in' comment later though.]

Okay but are you trying to do that now? Or - last time you saw her?

[othellovonryan]

Was every argument that serious? None if them were ever petty or stupid?

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter thinks really hard about that. His canon update is processing in the background… ]

Oh. There was the peanut butter incident. Why didn’t I remember that before…?

[neonleon]

Mmokay well we're gonna come back to that memory problem later, but peanut butter incident is exactly the kind of low stakes arguments we're talking about.

[othellovonryan]

Exactly. Something easy to get over.

Perhaps even something that was kind of fun at the time?

[pyrighteous]

I don’t know about FUN. I was - just trying to help! Luz asked for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to take to school that day, and I was helping Camila with lunch prep that morning.

So. I made her what she asked for. Peanuts, butter, and jelly!

[neonleon]

Oh. Oh my god.

[He's laughing but it's not unkind! That's just. Adorable.]

Okay, I see the confusion there. If you aren't used to human stuff, not your fault.

[othellovonryan]

[Oh no]

[He can't help his own laughter either.]

For reference, 'butter' can apply as a state for several kinds of food. Normal butter is milk. However, any butter that is proceeded by a legume means a smooth paste made out said legume. There is also things like apple butter...

I'm not entirely sure why that is different from a jam. Something to ask Mikey in the future.

[pyrighteous]

[ RUDE ... Hunter goes rather pink. ]

W-well it should be called something else then! I did the best I could! A-and she said she kinda liked it anyway!

[neonleon]

[Pats his shoulder gently.]

You're fine, Hunter, innocent goof.

But that's the kinda low effort sibling arguments we're talking about.

[othellovonryan]

Oh, if only names were more accurate. That's why most of my inventions are acronyms, put the description in the name itself.

Precisely. There is no real consequences to fighting about it.

Though not everyone enjoys the fight as much as Leo and I. I think its very rare that Raph enjoys a verbal argument?

[pyrighteous]

[ SIGH. He slumps a bit. ]

Well I haven't had MANY of those. And I still - uh - I presented myself for punishment to Camila afterwards, and she made a REALLY weird face.

[neonleon]

...Yeah, she probably would. That isn't a real normal thing people do.

[othellovonryan]

Yes.

I applaud her ability to handle it with grace, I'm rather certain most would be horrified at that.

[Glances at Leo for confirmation.]

[pyrighteous]

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Hunter meanwhile looks baffled. Still. Camila had explained, of course, but... ]

That's what I had to do with Belos. If I messed up and he found out before I could fix it, it would be so much worse.

[neonleon]

I think we've confirmed Belos was neither good nor normal. Dude was made of acidic goop! Forget him.

[othellovonryan]

He really was not.

Punishments are not meant to be so terrifying you'd rather turn yourself in for the lesser versions of them than what he would do if he found out. We hide bad things we've done from dad all the time to avoid punishment and risk the worst one.

[neonleon]

Right, right. And if someone knows what's good for him, he won't talk about any of agreements that may or may not have happened.