Nahawi had every right to come at him this way. One of the last times they had seen each other was when he was falling from a cliff. Nahawi had taken him captive from the Lagoon after he had come teasing him about breeding his daughter. At that time Gamr, himself, and Peyote had been bullying him. Chased him from Lagoon leadership and Garmr had stepped up to the position.
It was been unknown to him that Nahawi had been chasing a mare he fell in love with. Thranduil had returned to the Lagoon after his capture in the Shore only for Nahawi to show up some time later. That was when his relationship with Garmr had really taken a turn for the worst. Not that it hadn't already been declining with Khyber's appearance.
He could very well still place the blame on Nahawi for that. Though without his short time away in the Shore he would have never met Pan. Their relationship may not have started off the right way, but she had changed him for good. Thranduil notices a but of blood on Nahawi's lips as he speaks again. He does not answer the angry rants of the old stallion. Thranduil just watches him as he struggles to stay standing.
It wasn't long after that he oddly circles around and lays back onto the bones. Obviously this was someone important to him, or he though it was. Either way it seemed a little crazy. Crazy and sad. "I should be mad at you." He finally says with a sigh. "But I'm not anymore." He could easily still be for almost taking Pan away from him. Nahawi may not have wanted to, but Thranduil had always felt this old crazy stallion would have been the one to do it.
"I guess I understand how you used to feel. Trying to make the Lagoon a better place. Others are still trying, but I am afraid there will always be someone to oppose." The Lagoon just wasn't made for a stallion that wanted to build a herd of mares with happy children. It was for those who wanted to spread their lines without much responsibility. Ones just learning or those wanting to cause some trouble. It was not.meant for grown stallions looking for a healthy relationship.
"I am sorry." He says, finally.
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