[center][color=#008b8b][h2]Fionn MacKerracher[/h2][/color][/center]
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Luckily, none of them seemed to want to turn any of the conversation into a full argument. [color=#008b8b]"I won't stop you from complaining, just don't start wishing ill on him,"[/color] he replied, his expression remaining serious for a moment longer...before breaking into a sly smile.

[color=#008b8b]"It doesn't really fit the aesthetic you've tried to cultivate to look like you care so much about what he does, anyways."[/color]

As for the matter of Fanilly, Serenity's truest thoughts weren't hard to guess at on that matter, but the fact that she took care to remain diplomatic delivering some of them was worth a bit of relief. [color=#008b8b]"She's not the worst captain I've ever dealt with, at least. She had to have [i]some[/i] training before taking the reins—a lot of the free companies, you get made leader just because you're of noble birth and felt like jumping in, regardless of any experience you have. I once had to deal with one who strapped his cuirass on backwards. She's already far better than that, so I've no doubt that she'll manage in time."[/color]

He might've said something about drilling out a hole and pinning the spear head rather than just nailing it onto the haft after seeing Serenity's choice of attachment, but decided against it; hafts would still break all the time, and it didn't look or sound like the ash pole she'd found had split or cracked near where the head was attached. The bardiche would be fine in the hands of the smith and his apprentices and assistants to polish out the nicks and scratches, and then he could mount it back in his quarters as a souvenir from his first full-scale battle with the Iron Roses; he could go train, but there was something more pressing that he could feel gnawing in the pit of his stomach.

Before long, the other two would be just as likely to start hearing it as he could feel it. It had been a while since breakfast.

[color=#008b8b]"Well, I think it's high time I go and find something to eat. I'll see you each on the training grounds bright and early, unless you have any more questions for me?"[/color] If it was more about the Captain, he honestly hoped they didn't. [color=#008b8b]"Maybe I'll even pester Tyaethe, and see if she knows why they let Lucas in, just to satisfy your curiosity. Or get some more tales of Iron Roses unit tactics rather than champion antics."[/color]