House Hydra: Ashton & Barclay & Open
"Failing!" Again Ashton bristled, but more visibly this time. It wasn't that he had been called an alien, but that he'd been accused of failing at something he was trying, legitimately trying, to achieve. He came out of his lounging position and glared at Barclay. "I am not failing." Then he blinked and his glare turned into a frown. "Why what? Why am I trying to blend in?" Shifting his look past the human and to the others in the room, the dragon dropped his voice a level, "Shouldn't it be obvious?"