mall-caps;letter-spacing:4px;">THE SPARK OF DAWNHis smile went unnoticed, and perhaps it was for the best, as she studied other things and spoke her accented words. There was no reason to play nice — they disliked each other, so why beat around the bush? It didn't matter in the confines of her home. All that mattered was his compliance as he allowed her to touch his face and study him like livestock. He disagreed with her claims — Eris was not a coyote, she always chose wolves, but the idea simply made Tlantli laugh until she caught sight of anger in the man's face. He turned himself away and designated a spot. She fell silent, an uncharacteristic display of respect and...sympathy? Something she had said had wounded him, opening up some deeper problem that she had no desire to learn about.
She moved, taking up a place at his back in order to better access one broad shoulder. "You see what you wahnt to see, Lahrkspare, but she ess aye coyote. Eterne saw it. Aye see it, in more thahn just her. She chooses wolves, but she knows what she ess — we cahnnot change our paths in life. Accepting them ess most beneficial." What words of wisdom she could muster, even while shoving someone's opinion back down their throat. She believed Eris knew she was, somewhere inside, a coyote. She had lived in Eterne without issue. She had learned their ways. Though she was more than just one of the fae-creatures, everyone made decisions of their blood.
As silence overtook her, she cut away the fur that covered flesh, getting right to work as the bone knife carved the lines of the Hand into the back of Larkspur — as she worked, she focused on the easy shape, unwilling to be distracted. It was easy to do a scar, but it took patience to do it well, and though she disliked Larkspur, she refused to harm the Arbiter. He was the pack's primary source of heavy labour, after all, and in the most distant sense, he was family.
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