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Black paws beat the ground rapidly as Garnet sped towards the Quartz Shoreline. Well, she wasn’t really going there, but she was getting a bit farther away from the Inferni lands. Why? Because that was what Asphyxia had told her, ‘Meet me in Dampwoods but closer to the shore.’ That had bee all, but Garnet guessed that this had to do with her mother’s ‘big secret’ or whatever. Since the day Garnet had first shown up after her long absence, she had been waiting to hear what her mother had to say. She had mentioned that something was going on, but for some reason she had waited until now to tell her daughter what it was.

Puffing, the black she wolf came to a halt. She was closer to the ocean now; Garnet could smell salt on the wind. Now that the running was over came the hardest part; waiting. Sitting down, the young female looked around the forest, thinking. She was old enough to start shifting soon, so why hadn’t she? Maybe it was just that Garnet was having doubts on whether or not it would be a ‘good’ thing. There seemed to be no down-sides, and yet, she was still cautious. Shaking off the doubts, the red eyed coyote waited for her mother to arrive.

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Garnet turned to the sound of paw steps and saw her mother; the mirror image of herself. Besides their age, there was almost no differences between the two females, save for the fact that Garnet had three white dots under her right eye. She saw her mother put on a light smile and start to speak. Garnet listened quietly, wondering why she had forced herself to smile. She nodded upon the name ‘Hybrid’ though she still didn’t know that he was the coyote she had met her first day. In fact, she didn’t even think of him, except that he might also be a risk for whatever this was.

The daughter stood and wagged her tail slightly. They were going through the whole ‘I promise’ thing again. Last time, Garnet hadn’t been so intent on honoring her promise, but this time she felt that she must; though more because she was of the opinion that she shouldn’t give anyone valuable information. ”Sure thing, Mom. I promise I won’t say a word.” Red eyes met her mother’s as Garnet smiled briefly. It wasn’t a ‘light-hearted’ kind of smile, but more of a ‘trusting’ smile.

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The daughter nodded and sat down again; so part of this was just because her mother needed someone to vent on. Someone that she could trust. It had come to Garnet’s attention that not everyone in Inferni was going to have your back, and quiet a few might end up stabbing it. And thus, the explanation came. Through the whole thing she managed to remain silent. Somehow, she knew that her mother wouldn’t appreciate if her daughter suddenly started commenting on this clearly traumatic experience. So it had been her mother that started the Dahlia de Mai war. Anselm hadn’t really explained it too her, so this whole thing was rather surprising and hit closer to home. Of course, then she mentioned a wolf named Haku, and Garnet felt anger burning under her skin, and though she tried to keep her face mostly neutral her two red eyes burned.

And then Asphyxia got to the part about Skoll. Shock spread across Garnet’s features and her mouth dropped. ’Skoll?!’ And yet, she still kept quiet and let her mother finish. In fact, Garnet was too busy thinking about Skoll to worry about the past and her father. The younger female grew concerned as tears came from her mother’s eyes. Garnet had always seen her mother as a very strong person, and to see her cry made Garnet want to cry herself. When her mother had finished, the daughter remained quiet for a few seconds; letting it all sink in and such. Then, still quiet, Garnet stood up and walked a few paces away before turning back to face her mother. When she spoke, there was no anger in her voice, just amazement and a touch of frustration. ”Are you SERIOUS!? Skoll? I met him, like, two days ago and he denied knowing you!” She huffed a bit and stamped her feet. She didn’t want to do anything terrible to him, but Garnet had the urge to find him and tell him how much of a big liar he was.

She paced around a bit before stopping suddenly like she had just remembered something, which she had. Garnet turned back to her mother, he voice quieter, though still amazed. ”Wait, did you say puppies?”

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Garnet knew that it made sense for Skoll to have lied to her, but that didn’t make her any less upset about it. Still, if her mother was going to leave her father and be with anyone else, Skoll had seemed pretty nice. It struck her than that she hadn’t really thought about her father in a while. Maybe she was starting to ‘let go’ herself, though in her case it was less like drop and run and more like a fading image. If he showed back up again, she would be happy, but until then she didn’t feel like worrying about it. She was far more concerned about her sister, Midnight. And why was she thinking about this now she should be worrying about her mother and Skoll’s unborn children.

At the comment about children, Garnet huffed softly but smiled at her mother. She nodded at the next statement. Why was her mother always seeking approval from her? Whether or not Garnet approved of her mothers actions, it mattered not. Asphyxia could and would go and do as she pleased. ”Yeah, it’s a bit much. But Skoll was nice when I talked to him, and you don’t need my permission to like whoever you want. Might be nice to have little brothers and sisters.” The young female gave a sort of half smile before turning a bit more serious. ”But what about this Hybrid person, he’s my brother right? Why would he want to harm you or the pups?”

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The daughter returned the smile from Asphyxia. ”I love you too, mom. And I had been kind of naïve or something at the time; I had expected everything to,” Garnet received and returned the nuzzle from her mother. ”Be back exactly the way it had been.” The black female frowned slightly at the vague description of Hybrid. ’Must be the hard to please type.. or the pre-judging type.’ She smiled again as Asphyxia nuzzled her. ”Of course I’m alright with this; I might not agree with you all the time on every subject, but I will always love you, and I’ll always be here if you want to talk.” It was strange, their roles had been reversed recently; Garnet seemed to be comforting her own mother more than visa versa.

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Garnet smiled back at her mother, nodding slowly. Her mother was apologizing for something that she really didn’t need to apologize for. ”It is fine, mom. You had some stuff to get through, I get it.” The black female smiled at her mother; this was certainly an interesting conversation they were having. When the topic of meeting people was brought up though, her thoughts turned almost immediately to the male she had met on her first day. Garnet huffed as she began.

”Well, there was the ass-hole I met on my first day that wouldn’t even tell me his fucking name, for starters. Maybe you know him? Scruffy, red fur red eyed bastard, bit small for a male but still a little larger than I. DAMN he was so fucking annoying.” And so she huffed and puffed and scratched the earth with her claws. Remembering something else, she stopped her huffing and continued. ”Oh, and I met the prisoner, not sure what to think about her.” The female shrugged.

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”Ah-ha! I suspected he was Hybrid, that damn ass-hole. He knew who I was after the first glance. And by the way,” Garnet turned to her mother, eyes blazing and hackles raised. ”Like God damn HELL I would tell him about your pups. Someone should kick his ass.” The daughter huffed a bit more before calming down a touch, and she didn’t even gain back her anger with her mother’s warning. ”Pfft, kinda hard to give information that you don’t have. But whatever.” Garnet raised an eyebrow at her mother’s comment. ”Yeah, if you say so. I’ll try not to ruffle anyone’s feathers.”