diamond in the rough | TSUYU'S PUNISHMENT

[Stryker]

[align=center][div style="width: 60%; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: georgia;"]☣ — His ear flicked in Dmitri's direction, acknowledging that he heard his comment. While he wished he could, the feral xenopanther couldn't be controlled by him, but instead could only do as he wished. Even if Styrker possibly could call him off, he wouldn't. They were not friends. Blacktide could do as he pleased. Nevertheless, he still didn't respond, as he still hoped to keep Tsuyu's attention on him.

Something snapped within the female and the lion noticed. Her posture relaxed forwards and his claw did what it wanted to do with her permission, not his own force. She wanted this. Tsuyu knew that she had to fight. Stryker simply smiled genuinely, eyes gleaming. "I'm not sure why they would care," he enthused, voice bittersweet once again. Stryker was trying to swerve the conversation in his favor as always. "I would definitely though, seeing that you'd be such a wonderful asset to a team-" But with the Pitt, that could definitely be changed. With a little shove, just as Yes Man did to him, they would have another willing participant into their wonderful, outspoken group. "-but it seems as if they're not willing to fight for your glory and life." A curious tail arose, lashing from side to side. Did she finally acknowledge that truth (at least to him)?

Now that his point had proven, it had seemed to escalate to something past what he wanted to do. Stryker, uncaring but interested, just craned his head to the side. "Do as you please, Pittian."