[center][h3][color=6d00ff]Laura Tilney[/color][/h3][/center][color=silver][right]Hallway, Chroma Knight Base
December 19, 2016 - ~10:22[/right][/color]Endless concern, huh? Eyebrows rose as she kept her stern gaze, until Connor's hand came out to ruffle her hair. Seeing it coming a second before his hand landed on her head, she trying to dodge, unsuccessfully. Taking a step back when he was finished to prevent [i]that[/i] from happening again, she made a made a face as she smoothed her hair down. She still had neglected to tie it up, and she made a mental note to do just that once she returned to her dorm. 

Connor's answer had mostly satisfied her, but she hoped that he was telling the full truth. Still feeling serious, Connor's joke didn't exactly have the desired effect. He was trying to joke things off as if nothing had happened, when a lot had happened. Now that he was standing in front of her, she could finally let out some of the frustration and worry the incident had caused. Pressing her lips together, she leaned her back against the wall and crossed her arms. [color=6d00ff]"Not funny,"[/color] she said crisply. 

[color=6d00ff]"If Brian hadn't been watching."[/color] 

[color=6d00ff]"If you would have neglected to tell me that you were sparring and just gone ahead with it."[/color] 

[color=6d00ff]"If he would not have arrived on the scene immediately after your... accident took place to help teleport you over, I wouldn't even need to attach your arm back on, and you would not need a right hand man, because you would be [i]dead[/i]. Darius passed out almost immediately after you did, he wouldn't have been able to get you help."[/color]

She held out a hand just in case he was thinking of interrupting. [color=6d00ff]"Sure. You can argue that there were a few other people in the training room. A lot them were newbies, they might have freaked and instead of treating you, might have run out to get help instead. Which normally wouldn't be too bad, except that in those maybe five minutes that it would take for them to find someone capable of handling the situation, you would have pretty much bled out. And even if someone would have taken the first aid measures to stop the bleeding..."[/color] she trailed off, suddenly looking tired again. 

[color=6d00ff]"I'm not going to waste my time listing all of the possible outcomes. I get it, you're new here. You probably don't know me too well yet, and until we go out to a fight together you probably won't. But I do not tolerate injuries that come from simple carelessness. Darius was the one who swung the sword, but you could have taken measures to prevent that blow. Did either of you set a limit to how far you were willing to go, and define how you would decide a tie or a winner? Darius can get carried away sometimes... as you saw, he can be very eager and maybe he forgets who he's going against. I wouldn't exactly know." [/color]

[color=6d00ff]"But this was practice. This should not have happened."[/color]

[color=6d00ff]"As for how Darius is... he should be fine. I left him under the care of another healer, Eric. You may have seen him once or twice."[/color]

[color=6d00ff]"Right. Also,"[/color] the hand that she had been holding up now pointed at him, [color=6d00ff]"you better not be lying about your arm. That's something I also don't tolerate. If there's a problem, you tell me and I can see what I can do. There's no such thing as being "weak" if you admit that there's something hurting. Better I see what can be done now, not later when we're in the middle of a fight and a problem gets worse."[/color]

At last, she dropped her arm and leaned her head back against the wall too, so she was looking up at the ceiling. Pulling one corner of her mouth up so she was half smiling, she said one last thing. 

[color=6d00ff]"There's my lecture finished."[/color]
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