Pearls of wisdom. Storm all but rolled her eyes at Thorn's words - from start to finish. You were never too old to learn new things, but she understood what he was saying all too well and had only been trying to let him know that there were options. She was beginning not to care if he took the advice or not. Or the hints. 'Survival of the fittest', she reminded herself. These were trying times, and you had to use your mind and body to survive. If he didn't want help, she wasn't going to waste her energy. Life was far more than black and white, but Thorn wouldn't see the gray.
"But some things you can," she told him, her tone no longer open or motherly. She didn't have time for people who didn't appreciate having her time. "Look forward to the rain," she told him, and turned in a semi-foreboding manner away from him, leaving it unclear if she meant the showers for the evening or if she was hinting toward a threat.