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While her mind wandered thoughts of her father, the beginning and the end to all of her days, her ruby eyes focused on the russet hues of Kesho Maisha's fur. He was different from her and Gabriel, more a coyote than anything. If he was anything else at all. She was jealous, deep down; she would never be so clean of sin, of the volatile wolf blood that ran swiftly through each small vein. She stood on the Inferni lands bearing heritage that was simply so, so wrong. She tried to place blame, but she couldn't. It certainly wasn't Gabriel's fault that he had been born of a monstrosity, or Kaena's, for Talitha understood the basis for more primal desires. Even with wolves.
But this was a coyote who stood before her, and it was pleasing to know at least one elder remained whole. Her smile remained atop her black-furred lips, willing to share her drink with the Hastati. He was family, bred of Inferni as much as she was, even if his lineage was not the same. As she patted the time-worn porch, he approached and sat, pressing into conversation with an easy voice.
"What's your story?"
An eyebrow quirked on the face of the woman. Her story? Her story was far from pleasant. But his words took another turn: Did she often drink so early? A gentle laugh filtered into the air, emanating from the Lykoi's smiling mouth. "I do just drink alone so very early. But today could be special too," she mused. Her grinning eyes landed on him once again, offering the bottle back as she voiced her own query: "And what about you? Do you often drink so early?"
If he said no, she was sure he would gain some more respect for himself. After all, she drank to keep the ghosts at bay, and those who were not so weak as to fear history deserved more from her.
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