<div class="floatleft">(https://imgur.com/gctqCME.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ramzi (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=303102.msg14805161#msg14805161)<br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong>All<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Gaia, Arizona<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Dark pants and boots, with an open faced robe.<br/><strong>Mood:</strong>Suspicious, accepting, neutral<br/><hr/>The conversation post his choice to withdraw from it is, largely, tuned out. Bits and pieces were picked up, but only just enough to conclude that even after his opposition ended they were<em>still</em>not moving. He occupied his time by quietly admiring the restoration to his arm that Korey had performed. It hadn’t been a particularly brutal wound, but how easily she seemed to have mended it made for an interesting sight nonetheless. He’d have let it heal naturally without giving it another thought had she not been so tender and concerned about it. It spoke to her abilities, but also to her character; which he was far more interested in.<br/><br/>More than just that she spoke words that might have been worth listening to. She had gathered what he had gathered about Niko, but she had stood to call him on it. That brought his attention more fully to the conversation at hand, only to be disappointed my Hermes dismissal of ‘leadership’. Not that Ramzi felt they needed a leader, just a direction to go. So in that sense, perhaps she had the right idea. Still, his eyes wandered to Niko, and he wondered if any direction with this man could possibly be a wise choice.<br/><br/>At least until Niko spoke again. Another contradiction, but this one in admittance of those that had come before? A way to cool tempers, perhaps? To try and slip back beneath the radar? Without a doubt they were honey words that were<em>nice to hear</em>, but the genuity behind them was brought into question. But Niko’s reasoning seemed reasonable, unfortunately a skilled deceiver's reasoning<em>would</em>seem so. Ramzi processed these thoughts silently, and neutrally, as Niko spoke. Finally, he reasoned, that there would be nothing accomplished from calling it into question here and now. “<strong>Your apology is welcome, and accepted. This situation is, admittedly, quite stressful. Think no more on it.</strong>” He passed one hand beneath the other, water under the bridge.<br/><br/>Finally, however, Ramzi’s attention turned to Fen who thought himself to become their leader. The wolf claiming alpha status in the fray of others who would not step up. Ramzi might have accepted that, until the name calling was used. Arbiter. Enemy. Ramzi. These are things he would have responded to, but he would not stand idle and be insulted, disrespected by this man. “<strong>My aid is at your disposal, when you learn to acknowledge me as who I am, rather than who you believe me to be. Until that time, I’ll hear no more from you. This situation is antagonistic enough without your efforts to make it more so.</strong>”<br/><br/>Ramzi turned from the all, focusing in on where Hermes had gone. No alternate path had been named, and as Adan had pointed out. They needed something to adapt too. He started walking after her, in no particular hurry.