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[humilitas]

Look, I know that you say it doesn't matter but that's not a risk I'm willing to take. It's almost sunrise, and I need to go save the others.

[ Mun is very amused, because mun has watched all the way to the season finale. Muse has not gotten there yet, and mun's not telling. ]

I know you can do some things with time or whatever, because some of the other people up here are alive when they should be dead.

But I was already like that without your help, and I don't have time to argue with you, or to trust you. It's not me on the line. You say that this isn't eating into my time, but I just can't take that chance.

This is not amusing so stop laughing!

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[phthonus]

[ A few points to Lion-O's little tirade seem to ring with familiarity, but in a place where anything is feasible and one is frequently pulled from a differing time, or even dimension? Well. That doesn't exactly allow the urgency, or subject matter, of such a rant simply roll off his shoulders. Better to get a clearer picture of just what's going on before he jumps to the conclusion that this much-anguished-over quest is the very same he suspects it might be.]

...What in Thundera are you going on about?

[ Not that Tygra won't permit himself to buffer his King's rising hysteria with a bit of baiting, and maybe a taunt sprinkled in here and there. Sounds like Lion-o could use the distraction. ]

Besides apparently trying to pick a fight with someone who is likely far stronger, smarter and more powerful than you are.

[ Does that sound familiar? It should. That's the melody of every single day of your life, Lion-O. ]

[humilitas]

Tygra Y-you're.... [ Not in the clutches of Mumm-ra. Muns don't lie, bbcakes. Shut up. ]

I thought- you... What happened to Mumm-ra having the sword and... Nevermind.

[ Tygra will just mock him forever. ...Hey, waitaminute, what did you just say- ]

I'm not trying pick fights with anyone. Besides, I could totally beat this mun.

[ Of course you can, Lion-O, of course you can. ]

[phthonus]

[ The stammering is opening enough for Tygra to interject in his own thoughts; a more roundabout way of asserting himself and pressing on with the role that's expected of him. After all, 'obnoxious and egotistical' is far easier to don than the more complex stirrings of emotion that bubble to the surface in realizing- Lion-O was coming from a time when his life was cut down abruptly, and he was forced to battle his demons alone. ]

I'm fine, Lion-O. We all made it out, along with the Sword of Omens.

[ Thanks to you. If he only knew how badly Tygra's exceptionally short reign had gone, and the fact said little brother had to come back from death just to save his tail. Let's just say there was little ground for jaunts- at least those which carried any sincerity. It wasn't just due to the fact he owed everything after that point to Lion-O; but also that such a debt came from a sacrifice of the Ultimate kind. Body and Soul. A miracle which remains something Tygra isn't even certain he could have performed.

So. Maybe Lion-O won't hear him proclaim as much, but recollection of these events simply dredge up the pride and sense of profound loyalty the younger of the two has always instilled in those around him. Earning it, every single time. Always the hard way. ]

You too.

[ The words are casual; quietly mentioned as if they remained unremarkable in any way. Yet they come with the addendum of a rough disturbance of that almost annoyingly bright and fittingly exuberant red mane. That's the giveaway that perhaps the mere fact of Lion-O's survival held a weight he refuses to admit.

Tygra cannot begin to fathom what must be going through Lion-O's mind. Still, whether or not the other is even concerned of his own demise, it's Tygra's self-appointed job to stamp out such a status from his brother's thoughts. No matter how insufferably selfless his young King might be, someone needed to toss in the reminder that- he's alive. And that Lion-O should appreciate that fact. Tygra does. Probably with every breath. A fact he's dead-set on keeping from certain altruistic, death-prone siblings. ]

..Just barely. [ A smirk ] We had our doubts for a while, you know.