It was nine at night and Cubbi looked up; it was bedtime, Cubbi was still not comfortable about the night but by his heightened senses, he knew someone was coming to enter his room and a second later, he saw Plucki open his door. "Hi Sir Plucki." Plucki still had to get Cubbi adjusted to talking to him on a comfortable level. "Cubbi, you can call me Plucki, you have to get used to being comfortable around me." Cubbi looked at Plucki and nodded "Cubbi I came up to ask you something." Cubbi tensed up inside but he hid it well from his mentor, "Yes, Plucki, what do you want?" Cubbi only hoped the cream would last out during this time, cause if it didn't he would never get away with the fact that he had only been getting three to three and a half hours of sleep a night. "Cubbi, I'm concerned; I was speaking with Gumlittle and Blastus recently and they told me… as of recently your temper has been going off sooner then it did a while back; is there something wrong Cubbi?"

Cubbi knew if he lied, he'd be caught, but he knew the best way to get away with what had happened was not to tell all the details, only give him glimpses of what had been happening and that would get him by for now. "Oh, I guess 'cause the other paiges and squires have been teasing me about my friendship with Tavi; I guess it just built up to the point where I couldn't hold it no more."

Plucki looked at the cub who was sitting on his bed, "Has the teasing hurt you at all?"

Cubbi shook his head, "No Plucki, I guess I let it get to me. It's like when Sunni would tease me when we were a little bit younger, when I was about four and she was eight, she'd call me a baby and it would get me mad."

Plucki smiled, "Well that's just a rivalry because you two've always been together; you're almost like brother and sister now."

Cubbi nodded "I guess it's just the way the other paiges and squires are letting me into their world I guess; I'm sorry that I lost my temper."

Plucki nodded "Well, remember you have to learn to control that temper of yours or as the others said you'll be holding a mop and not a weapon for that day's training." Cubbi nodded as Plucki walked out after telling Cubbi good night. Cubbi 'whewed' as he was able to pull it off in time as the cream started to wear off.