Ice Cold Introduction (Private-Athren/Tsumisumbri Mountains)

Calmly breathing in and out in his little circle, Bernael would try to focus even more on his ki training. However, that was easily interrupted when the sounds of a man's anger quickly pierced his ears and broke his concentration. "W-What?!" He would say to himself, quickly standing up and looking around before he could see what looked like an abnormal orange among all the white snow, with the noise also coming from that direction, he could only assume that he saw what he was looking for. Almost instantly, the boy would clamber to start running over there to see if everything was alright, a snowy mountain plus an angered yell was certainly nothing to just pass off as okay. It didn't take much time for the boy to notice an avalanche rolling directly towards where the orange glow was, and Bernael would just sorta break into an all out sprint. If he couldn't make it over there in time to help someone, he could at least search for them in the after pile of snow that would pile up if they got hit, if they were to even get hit that was.

The boys worries were luckily cleared quickly, as the avalanche mysteriously cleared to be around where the glow was?! "That's pretty freaky... definitely not natural, maybe it could be someone that just cleared themselves from danger, that's a relief" Bernael would then say, turning and starting to head back to his circle that he made earlier before quickly stopping himself in his tracks. He realized very quickly that any chance to meet someone else, especially if they were anything like the others he met, like him, should be quickly taken, even if there wasn't any learning involved, it could be a good chance to meet another type of person that could be encountered out in the world. This caused the demon boy, without any hesitation, to pivot back and power up to increase his speed, as he went back towards the ledge where the glow from before was situated.

Without any way to take flight, the climb up to the peak ledge was certainly a hard one, as every single frostbitten grab he took to climb upwards hissed and attacked his fingers, almost as if they were infested with angry ants that didn't want to be disturbed. It certainly wasn't the most safe thing for him to be doing, nor was it the most comfortable, but he had to find out multiple things. What the glow was, if it was safe, and most importantly for his mind, what he could learn from whatever it was. He didn't even care if it would be a waste of time, if there was nothing there and his eyes were playing tricks on him, so be it, the climb could have been some conditioning for his bodily resistances.

This didn't last forever though, because by the time he reached the peak, his determination had ran out and he just hoped that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. Bernael took a second to heat up his hands with demonic energy, glowing a dark purple as it encompassed his hands, letting the aura provide a slight sense of warmth to him as he stood there. Once he was all finished up, he would take a look around, he couldn't see much as he was still adjusting to the higher altitude and the cold air, as well as him climbing up where the avalanche had passed through, causing the air to be a little foggier than usual from the kick up of snow. He just started heading in the direction of the glow from before, while saying out sort of softly but loud enough to be heard, so as to not cause an aftermath of avalanche "Hello, is anyone, or I guess anything up here?" and then just stopping to see if he would get a response.

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WC Total: 1151

Bernael paused for a moment - Well it DID have a voice in fact, so it was certainly alive whatever it was. He didn't want to impose because the voice certainly didn't sound like it was content with another person around. But before he would leave, he at least wanted to strike up some sort of conversation to meet someone new. "Well uh, its not that I really want anything, I just saw that avalanche and the orange glow... got worried a bit even though it looked safe. Just wanted to check on how everything was up here. But, it looked like you did something to make the avalanche go out of your way, so I thought maybe you were somebody strong, somebody that I could possibly learn something from instead of training all on my lonesome." Bernael would say, trailing along while still talking towards the figure.

The demon boy didn't know why, but he was really interested in this other person, now that he knew for sure they were a person and not just some anomaly in the mountains. He knew that his trip up the mountainside wasn't for naught, and that there was the possibility to get something out of this, even if the thing he got was just a hostile conversation that wouldn't go over well. "So uh, what were you doing up here anyways, I am only up here for conditioning training in the cold, but I still kind of want to know about you too" Bernael would say on through the mist towards the figure, waiting for some sort of response.

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WC Total: 1417
[Its quite alright, no need to be sorry about it]

Even though the voice remained a bit rude, Bernael didn't mind all that much. At the very least he was getting some kind of conversation out of the situation, and even if it ended with a lot less than good terms... the empty, lonely feel of the mountain was drifting away and Bernael was quite content. He looked at it like some storybook, a person trying to be nice to another who was shrugging the other one off sort of, when the two were alone and nothing else was around to get companionship out if. It was quite a sad storybook trait, but there was still a nostalgic hint to it that made it just a bit more enjoyable.

The demon boy slowly thought to himself about the last words the man said out, before just bluntly saying out. "Well yeah, this place is quite desolate and quiet, but not if a man on a hill starts yelling, causing avalanches and the such, it sort of ruins the peace and quiet, don't you know?~" Bernael would tease, seeing if a different way of approaching the man would cause a better outcome. But for all Bernael knew, that sort of talk would just spark more rude comments and put a giant wedge between the two out in the freezing tundra.

Sort of blinking, Bernael realized his possible mistake, and decided to take it back for the time being. "Sorry about that, I was just wanting to tease you a bit because of you talking about the quietness, while having yelled so loud. Uh... I am sorry, I know I may be intruding a bit here, but its usually better to talk out your inner problems with somebody else, and me being a third party and all, not having to do with the situation in there, would be a better person to talk to than someone biased who is part of the problem. I am just throwing that out there, since I am already up here and around, with the ability to talk about that stuff at a moments notice." Bernael would explain in a calm town, trying to see if maybe he could patch up what could have been driven between the two people.

WC: 373
WC Total: 1790

Hearing all of the mans responses, Bernael lightened up a bit, the guys hostility seemed to have went away, and he was opening up to. That could be very nice if it could go somewhere else. He slowly just thought over what Athren had said, and nodded to himself slowly about how he wanted to reply. "Well, I don't know what shoes you are trying to put on here, but, if you have big shoes to fill, but the shoes themselves are a few sizes too big and are uncomfortable, maybe you are buying the wrong shoes. Plus, hand me downs aren't that great... wouldn't you prefer to buy your own pair of shoes, or to make them for yourself... so that they could truly be yours instead of someone else's. It might just not be in your future to be the one to get those shoes." was how Bernael tried to reply, but he felt that his emphasis on shoes was maybe a bit too, literal.

"I know that might not make much sense but what I am trying to say is... if you're trying to take place of someone else, and you feel you are supposed to be taking that place... but it seems like you aren't going to be able to take their place... well... maybe you aren't supposed to take their place, what if it's someone else's job, and your future is to go on to do something else, something a little more for... you, I guess I should say" was how Bernael truly decided to finish it off, he was a lot more content with his view, but he didn't know exactly how much this other person would like it, for all he knew they could hate the words he was saying and it could start another conflict. It didn't matter much if that was the case though, as his words were a good summary at least in his own eyes, and he hoped that if there was to be a conflict between the two males, that it would be after some serious thought.

However, the boy decided to move on a bit anyways. "If you've lived your entire life, chasing after the dream of taking that persons place. Take a step back, think about it for a while, discuss what YOU really want, and not what that other person would want you to be. You have to live your own life for yourself, and if that means disappointed someone else from their expectations of you, so be it. It's not their place to tell you that you're wrong, you know?" was how Bernael wanted to really drive his point home to the man, hopefully that would get him to think more, or maybe clear up his problems. Who knows, aside from the man himself.

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WC Total: 2260

The demon boy would listen intently as the man would respond, it sounded like Bernael had said at least something to get to the man. But Bernael seemed to be talking to somebody on an entirely different level than he was expecting when he thought up his talk about taking over roles. The person he was talking to was a saiyan prince in fact, though he didn't really know what a saiyan was, unless he happened to meet one in the past, but they never addressed themselves as saiyans to him before. The prince aspect stuck in the air like there was a surface along with a sticky note. However, this wasn't going to be very hard to explain, as he had all the information he needed on the subject from his old school history books, though it could be entirely different and his attempts to explain fall out of the air, useless. But it certainly wasn't respectful to be doing what he was doing to a prince, so he needed to pick his words carefully before saying them.

"Hierarchies are certainly big shoes to fill and all, but... it's more than that. How do you think a hierarchy is made, built... how is it supposed to be filled if a family tree dies out. There was once a civilization without order, but it was hardly civilized. There was nothing keeping it from destroying itself, no ruler to give their rule. But some day, there were people there as Kings and Queens, how did this happen? Who knows, they could be highly revered people known for their ruthlessness and nobody challenged their rule. They could have been a hero known by everyone as the best of the current generation, and nobody challenged their rule. It could even be something along the lines of just making a new civilization and just appointing themselves as ruler. There are tons of ways to really break the fold and appoint one as the king or queen." Bernael explained, long winded before taking a short pause to gather himself once more.

"However, what would say happen if the king and queen didn't make a son or daughter, who would become the next ruler? Would rule fall to nothingness or would a new leader be appointed? Who can know say for certain how it'd end up. Also what happens if someone steps down from rule to pass on to somebody else, or just leave open for the taking. Its funny how things work with hierarchy, but think about it a bit like this. Someone born into a position of power can easily turn it down, if they are fully ready for it to be passed onto someone else. In fact, people could even look at it as honorable to do this, as its accepting your unfitness for the position, or the end of a family rule, to pass onto someone else who could be more fit. You don't have to 'refuse' the role, but you certainly can take it, and appoint someone else as a better successor to you. Actually, that might be a better thing to do than to just run from it. Find someone more fit to take the throne and rule it, if you can. Appoint them as the successor to you so that they can take it when they are prepared." was what Bernael would continue with, once again winded from the ongoing conversation.

"Sorry that I am running my mouth, I just don't think its right for you to be forced into a position you don't feel you're ready for, just because you want to live up to everybody else's expectations." was what he would finally adding on, going quiet so as not to interrupt the prince's time to think about all of what he just said any further, especially since the prince came here for peace and quiet and ended up with a random commoner with a running mouth.

WC: 659
WC Total: 2919