"Hey, hey, hey… that's Valen! You're Valen! That's fucking VALEN!!!! Woohoooo!!!! I've hit gold!!" The monkey was suddenly very excited when he saw the old man, but my attention was on something else entirely…
"Hey, old man. Who'd you offend, and why did they bless you with a panda's eye?"
The moment I'd asked that question, I could see a flash of resentment in the old man's eyes as he looked at me.
Resentment? Why would he feel that? It wasn't like I was the reason he was sporting a panda's eye right?
"Alright… let's get to training."
"What? Old man, that's not what I'm here for." I backed up immediately.
The last training session I'd had with this crackhead, saw me get folded like wet laundry, and now hearing the words "training" after seeing resentment in his eyes? Yea, like hell I'd allow that..
"Whatever it is you came for, it can wait. Training always comes first, we need you to grow up big and strong. Right?"
…..
"Yea. Fuck no!!"
