Eryn put his hands on his hips hearing Kaori counter his judgment, "There's a difference between instinct and animal behavior. Having such a lack of concern for people's feelings is animal since even a dog knows not to bark at the person who could break its neck," he pointed out, "There's a difference in being occasionally honest when you realize you're more likely to get hit for avoiding a topic rather to blurt out your thoughts without filter," he said and turned back to work on Hotaru's hair again, only to realize she looked like she might skewer them both.
"Touch my hair again and I'll deal with whatever comes from biting your hand off," she muttered and Eryn sighed a bit.
"Oops," he murmured
"There's also a time and a place to converse such ideas, regardless of how rude they may be to other people," Mera chided both of them, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything," she said as Hotaru got up and walked over to the edge of the group away from the guys for the most part, "And if you're not sure if it's nice or in general if it's calling someone something that isn't something you'd want to be called yourself, it's best just not to open your mouth."
"You can tell them all day," Raina said from where she was sitting, "Both of them have basically the minds of children as far as I can tell. They only do what has an end result that's beneficial for them, very rarely doing something for others which in the end still benefits them in one way or another, and they do speak without any thought of how it's going to affect the people around them. Good luck ever changing that without them suddenly having a change of heart when they suddenly don't have any other choice unless they want to known forever as being a coward or... the favorite word around here is brute," she muttered.
"Ooooh, they got lectured-"
"Actually I think you two are a part of that too," Mary murmured as they twins started to taunt the others for their misfortune. They looked at each other and pouted before turning on Mera.
"You cheated, but we'll get you yet!" they said, clearly upset the didn't play by their rules.
Mera turned to them and though her eyes were hidden by her hood and her face showed no emotions, they scrambled away, "Call us if you need us!" They chimed and disappeared
Mary just laughed softly, "Never seem to grow up, do they?"
"Considering they've been acting that way since I met them around your age, no, they don't," Mera mumbled, shaking her head. She looked back towards Larel and Alari as they wrapped up their conversation, not having missed that Alari mentioned Larel had a sister, though she was curious as to why he wouldn't share why he didn't want to remember her. She wasn't going to press the matter and rolled her eyes at the baby killer insult again, "I'm just interested to know where it started," she mused aloud.
"Not so sure I am," Raina scoffed