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It brought him a shallow, hungry joy to see her pupils drink in the gift, dilating with what he recognized to be a fierce but restrained glee. She took the bear-paws from him, fawning over the terrible, wicked items with as much reverence as any normal womanthing would some useless, beautiful jewellery. Tlantli was not a normal womanthing, he had fast realized, and it pleased him to note that she appreciated these weapons more than she might a pretty trinket.
Her whispered words were lost on him, but their tone suggested appreciation, and a low grunt was offered to show that he approved of her response. Narrowed pupils darted between the terrible claws and the woman's enthralled features, satisfied that his gift had provoked the reaction he had wanted it to. A gift from the Boss was indeed a rare thing, and surely showed his favor more than anything else - Tlantli was a rare recipient of such bounty.
She was plucking at the grizzled ends of the paws, speaking again in that accented tone he deciphered quicker, now that they had spent more time together. The Thistle King nodded gruffly, and rose, leaving her kneeling on the bearskin. With a yawn that showed all of his yellowed teeth, the leader strolled over to his stone throne and slouched down into it with a weary huff. One leg lifted over the arm of the chair, and his head leaned against one hand, supported by the other arm. Eyes watched her lazily, then drifted shut as he withdrew into the chaotic chasm of his ever-busy mind. "Leave me now, Tlantli," One cream palm waved at her listlessly, signaling the woman's dismissal.
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