Tamara nods as he clears out the mis-interpretation. She doesn't moves when he get up on all fours and take a step towards her, only her ear flicks once, listening to him. She's happy that he offers her an olive branch, and doesn't mind the thorns and pricks. With luck, and some time, she'll be able to get rid of them.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">- Wouldn't you sacrifice yourself for one of your tigresses, or one of your cubs, if the need would arise? Isn't this what this tigress you told me about did for her cubs?</span>she asks softly.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">- I think we all make sacrifices, all the time. But most people doesn't realizes this. I guess I'm just more conscious, and willing, to sacrifice a bit of myself, because there is a great reward for this very small sacrifice,</span>she continues, smiling softly.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">- I think we're more similar than what you think. You care deeply for your tigresses, for your cubs, in fact, for your whole family in Siberia, right? The bond that links you to all of them is, in itself, a sacrifice. You may say that you are fiercely independant, but you can't deny that you would run if any of them would ask for your help. I'm sure you taught some of your cubs the ways of the tigers, how to hunt and such. You take care of them, and would fight alongside them if someone or something would threaten them, right? Then you are not as independant as you like to think.</span><br/><br/>She explains her point of view to him, her voice soft, somewhat tender, getting up too and taking a step towards him. She looks at him eye to eye, her emerald orbs reflecting into his amber eyes.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">- As you said, perhaps it is time to test your reasons for this. Perhaps it is time to reconsider your position on this subject. And maybe, maybe, you will find, like I did, that such a small sacrifice brings a greater reward.</span><br/><br/>She does sounds convinced by what she says, conviction coming from years of life with her mate, very happy and love-filled years for the most part.