Actions Reveal Character

“Why?” Tobia asked.
 “Because I want to leave. I want to live on my own,” he finished, with a defiant raise of his chin.
“Have you considered the consequences, son?”
Xander glared at his father. “I’m leaving in the morning.”

Manage or Manipulate?

She wept for the treachery she was about to commit against her husband. She reasoned aloud, the blessing is about to go to impetuous Esau, and I know he will squander the blessing. Besides, the Lord said the older shall serve the younger, and maybe this is God’s way…”