Jake stayed quiet, even when he was called a rookie (okay, he might have hissed a little bit), and listened to Aaron talk about Marta. And then he was yelling and Jake moved closer, his ears held low once again.
"Can't do that, man. I'm Omaticaya, I'm mated, I'm ikran makto and, and I'm an uncle, and... and there's fuckloads more. Everything and everyone's part of a network, we're all connected... through, uh, through Eywa. Whether we want it or like it or not. Even here, in this place, not just on Pandora." He trailed off after that, his tail now flicking across the ground and stirring up little swirls of dust.