The silver-furred hybrid considered the other canine, her yellowy eye focused on the shining metal looped about her neck. The symbolic nature of the chain and Vieira's septum piercing was not lost on Kaena; if she had been more educated she might have realized the similarity between Vieira's shining silver ring and the ones they placed in the nose of bulls to better control them. Vieira hardly needed that kind of rough treatment; the tawny-furred canine was meek enough to be under control of her own volition, and the silvery Centurion had come to realize that. She didn't need anything to keep her as she was; her mind did a damn good job of that, thanks to the indoctrination she'd received as a younger canine.
The slighter coyote spoke again, and Kaena's sharp-featured head tilted to peer over at the other canine, listening for the careful response to the barbed question. There was no real "right" answer to the question Kaena had asked, but the hybrid's respone toed around actually answering, instead proposing Kaena was the one to enjoy the collar, coupled with a cautious agreement with the phrase the Centurion herself had spoken. The coyote was not surprised by the other canine's intelligence; there was no doubt she was experienced responding to questions to which there was no real correct answer.
The coyote considered for a moment, realizing she very much liked the collar. Still, it was apparent to her that it granted a certain amount of discomfort to the other canine. This caused a stirring of conflicted morality within the hybrid, half of her wanting to order Vieira never to take the thing off, the other wanting to tell her to remove it immediately. Hesitantly, the hybrid spoke. "You can take it off," she said, feeling strangely improper for enjoying the look of the metal looped around the other canine's neck. It was a strange thing to find attractive, to be certain, and the ash-furred coyote appeared troubled for a moment, her golden eye reflecting some vague inner conflict.
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