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Eris tried not to remember Eterne too often -- the place was farther away than she could stand to think, and it no longer mattered to her. Well, it hadn't, anyway, until Axi had showed up, along with this new face. Now, it would seem that Eterne would not be so easily forgotten, and the sable-shaded hybrid had worry in her heart that this canine was one of their devout followers, maybe even sent up here after her. Now, she did not think it was so -- there was too much easiness from the tawny canine, too much friendliness. Though the dark-shaded woman hadn't relaxed completely, she did not seem quite so jumpy now. Her chartreuse eyes were focused on her packmate still, however, and there was still some faint wariness within her.
“Agreed,” she said flatly, and then turned her face toward the other canine pointedly, swallowing whatever hesitation was within her. “But how do you really feel about the Atototzli?” she asked softly, the uncertainty removing whatever caustic quality her sarcasm might have had. The word was strange and foreign on her tongue, having remained in her belly for many months now without passing over her tongue and teeth. Still, the pronunciation was correct, practiced tongue rolling over the strange language she did not truly speak. Nomenclature hardly provided any means for proficiency in a language, especially one as dead as Nahuatl seemed to be.
There was a crooked smile across the woman's face, and her yellow-green eyes dancing with clearer nervousness now. There was doubt within her, horrible doubt that she had said the wrong thing -- there was little chance this was another disillusioned follower with her same story -- it was more likely Eris had misinterpreted what the woman said, drawing her own meaning from the tawny coyote's words. She was on tenterhooks waiting for the stranger's response, unsure as to whether she'd just made a grievous mistake or a new friend.
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