"Ah." Kurt frowns to himself, watching Fern push and pull at the withered grass on his body. Even though he knows it doesn't hurt him, it's not a habit he enjoys seeing Fern retreat to. It brings back memories of their difficult conversations on the Titanic, when they'd both come dangerously close to testing each other's limits.

"You can't always control people, Fern. They're unpredictable and sometimes they do things we don't like, or become friends with people we hate. If you want to be friends with someone, you sometimes have to deal with the fact that they're capable of doing things that are difficult to accept. You need to draw a line for yourself, of how much you will tolerate." He pauses, watching the raccoon and the fire wolf pup.

"You don't have to keep being friends with him if you don't want to. You're the only one who can decide where that line is."