Fates Supports/Benny Rinkah

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Rinkah: Glad I found you, Benny. I meant to say something to you.

Benny: OK. I'm listening.

Rinkah: I notice you spend a lot of time alone. You hang back from group stuff.

Benny: Yeah...I know...

Rinkah: Then you and me are two of a kind. The Flame Tribe values solitude, and I've always been proud to uphold that tradition.

Benny: I'm, um. Not. Proud of my solitude, I mean.

Rinkah: What? You're kidding me.

Benny: It's true...

Rinkah: Then why do you spend so much time by yourself?

Benny: It's not that I want to be alone... Everyone avoids me because they're afraid.

Rinkah: Ugh! And here I thought we were two of a kind. But that's just pathetic. You let me down, Benny!

Benny: S...sorry?

B Support

Benny: Rinkah...

Rinkah: If you don't need anything, don't say anything.

Benny: I know the Flame Tribe values solitude...

Rinkah: You're damn right. True skill is honed in the fires of single combat. No beast that hunts in a pack can be said to be strong.

Benny: Oh.

Rinkah: You're obviously strong. Anyone can tell by watching you trounce your enemies. So why do you reject the way of the lone wolf? What do you want other people for?

Benny: I...I don't think I'm strong in the way you think I am. If I had to fight on my own...I'd have run away from the battlefield a long time ago.

Rinkah: Tch...

Benny: It's good for me that I'm not alone. Like you said, I'm part of a pack. I live and fight with allies. I do my best to protect them. That's where any strength I have comes from.

Rinkah: Hmm. So you're saying that instead of leaning on the group for strength... you find your individual strength in the group?

Benny: Yeah. I guess so.

Rinkah: That just sounds crazy to me.

Benny: ...

Rinkah: But maybe it does explain how you can be so strong... It's something to think about.

Benny: Glad I could help...?

A Support

Benny: Rinkah...

Rinkah: Oh, hey, Benny.

Benny: You're not mad at me for talking to you today?

Rinkah: Heh. Do you want me to be?

Benny: No...I really don't...

Rinkah: Then don't ask stupid questions.

Benny: Heh...sorry.

Rinkah: Benny, look... The Flame Tribe values solitude. I've always held by that, and I still do.

Benny: All right.

Rinkah: But you made me think some about being part of this army.

Benny: Oh?

Rinkah: Maybe I was thinking about it the wrong way. Instead of a pack of animals... it might be better to think of us as limbs. I'm strong because I have arms to hold my club, and legs to leap with. I have a heart to pump hot blood, and lungs and a mouth to scream my battle cry. All those, put together, make for one single powerful Flame Tribe warrior. Maybe our army is like that too.

Benny: Hmm...

Rinkah: When I look at it that way, it makes sense for our group to be so strong.

Benny: That way of justifying it seems very...

Rinkah: Very what?

Benny: Very Rinkah.

Rinkah: Heh. The Flame Tribe values solitude.

Benny: Yeah...

Rinkah: But being part of this group hasn't been so bad at all.

Benny: Heh. Good...

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Benny: So...um...solitude is important to the Flame Tribe, right?

Rinkah: You know it is, Benny. We've been over this.

Benny: But do Flame Tribe people never have relationships? Never fall in love?

Rinkah: Don't be stupid. Of course they do. Did you think I grew on a tree?

Benny: Oh...good point...

Rinkah: There's a difference between preferring solitude and shunning society. You can be a private person even when you're in the middle of a group.

Benny: That makes me feel better.

Rinkah: Heh. Were you nervous about telling me you loved me?

Benny: Yeah. I— Um! How did you—?! Wait!

Rinkah: Come on, Benny. You're an open book. You were blushing and stammering even more than usual.

Benny: I...I thought...I was being subtle...

Rinkah: There's more to expressing yourself than what you say. You realize that Flame Tribe warriors don't accept weak mates, right? A weak man has no chance with a woman.

Benny: I know... I just hoped...

Rinkah: Good thing you don't have anything to worry about there. You're a terror in battle, sure. But you've also got a strong heart. I didn't figure that out about you for a long time.

Benny: I...guess I do. I care a lot about people. I care a lot about you.

Rinkah: That's what I mean. Between your strong heart and my fierce muscles... the two of us will make a single powerful couple.

Benny: So...um...

Rinkah: Yeah, I said it. Get used to it, Benny. We're going to be together a long time.