[There is a conflict, often, in the way Taylor views herself and how she talks about herself - in how she allows others to talk about her. A hairtrigger aggression against insults on her intelligence, against language she finds patronising, but she cannot accept compliments on the same, on her character or her actions (no matter how true they might be). They're met with confusion, shrugged off, cut down in importance, or outright denied.
There is only one thing she is consistently accepting of, maybe even proud of, and that is the good behaviour of her dogs. She knows how well-behaved they are, how well-trained. The only caninapath in the history of the Academy, perhaps the only one to exist, and that only meant no one could deal with dogs like she did. And they were far easier to deal with than humans.]
No.
[She's unsurprised that Irene's nefarious friends are unruly, and she's unsurprised that her dogs aren't. One thing to note, though, was that Irene had noticed their behaviour at all - but maybe that wasn't surprising either, with all the talk of leashes. Taylor still lifts her chin, though, something about the other woman (her manner, the way she talked) drawing out her need to challenge, even where she feels raw and brittle.]
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There is only one thing she is consistently accepting of, maybe even proud of, and that is the good behaviour of her dogs. She knows how well-behaved they are, how well-trained. The only caninapath in the history of the Academy, perhaps the only one to exist, and that only meant no one could deal with dogs like she did. And they were far easier to deal with than humans.]
No.
[She's unsurprised that Irene's nefarious friends are unruly, and she's unsurprised that her dogs aren't. One thing to note, though, was that Irene had noticed their behaviour at all - but maybe that wasn't surprising either, with all the talk of leashes. Taylor still lifts her chin, though, something about the other woman (her manner, the way she talked) drawing out her need to challenge, even where she feels raw and brittle.]
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