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| http://sleepyglow.net/rp/kae/kae_razor.jpg); background-position: bottom center; background-repeat:no-repeat;"> The coyote woman did not know the specifics of Vieira's childhood. Her own family had been less-than-present; her ancestors were simple ghosts, passed on to her by her mother's psychotic ramblings. Delphine herself could hardly be called a parent; indeed, her only redeeming factor was that she had imparted unto Kaena her coyote blood. Without Delphine, Kaena Lykoi would be a wolf. Or, at least, only a quarter coyote. Her father's muddled coyote blood could hardly be pegged for percentage; his coyote ancestry was scattered and not at all traceable. Kaena herself was of dubious percentage; her mother's heritage was far more clear cut, but her father's was murky and unknown. The hybrid woman clutched at the end of the pan wrapped in cloth, supporting its weight in her hand. It was heavy, and the hybrid understood quite well why Vieira had required two hands. After a moment, she drew in her other arm for support as well, turning her coal ears to the other canine to listen to her speak. Dieriel. The name was obviously foreign to the hybrid woman, who nonetheless listened in curiosity as Vieira described her aunt. The other canine's voice broke as she compared Dieriel to herself, breaking the comparison and skirting around any definitive word for herself. "You have a big family?," the hybrid asked. There was interest in her golden-yellow eye, clearly reflected as the hybrid's gaze focused on the other coyote, confident Vieira was still in charge of the fish, able to tell when they were done. She wondered what the rest of them were like; for everything Astaroth had done he was still intensely intriguing to her, even after his death, perhaps because she had known so little about him, and here was this golden source of information—his very child. "Did you know your mother?" the hybrid asked, recalling when the coyote had showed up on her border she had plainly stated the woman who gave birth to her was "unimportant." That was just one of the oddities Kaena could recall, one of the many things that had blown her mind just the other week. |