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Ataxia placed the snake inside the drawer she still thought of as Tlanti's. Even though the woman was gone and the scent was fading from the house, she still couldn't shake her presence from her mind. It was her own fault. She had chosen to live here, instead of some place closer to her mother or sisters. For some reason her puppy mind had obsession with the blonde coyote, and now that she was almost an adult, she couldn't quite figure out why. Perhaps it was simply the power she held and the depth of knowledge she knew about the unseen, spiritual part of the world that Ataxia was drawn to. Then again, her mother Eris held a similar sort of knowledge, although it lacked the inclusion of a god.
The young hybrid's mind went back to her mother, and how she had been missing in the recent meeting. Although she had nothing to do with her mother's fall from power, she felt guilty for ignoring her. The girl furthermore had no idea how she should act with Silvia in power. The pale woman may have been her sister, but they weren't close. A feeling of uneasiness had settled over her. When her mother was the Auxiliary, she unconsciously thought she had immunity to punishment and now that notion was being chipped away. She was more afraid of getting in trouble than she had been, not quite so bold as before.
She heard a yip from outside, and the sound of her name being called and something being rapped against the stone of her archway. The dark hybrid immediately recognized the voice as belonging to Alessandra, the coyote-hybrid she had met a few days after her father's death. Quickly, she smoothed out her long hair and made sure there weren't any residual tangles in it. The house lacked a mirror, something she would have to remedy, so she could not quite be sure it looked right. Still, there was no other reason to delay. Ataxia removed her hands from her hair and pushed back the fur that covered the building's entryway. "Hi," she answered, almost shyly and stepped out.
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