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Tayui could not dislike Eris for who her father was: this much was clear. She had already resigned herself to accepting that the children did not and should not be blamed for the sins of their fathers when she decided she could not murder Haku’s other children, because then she would have to be a murderess to her own. But she wondered if Eris was following her father out of ignorance or some darker reason. Tayui had given the wolf enough reasons to discard the fake name, but Eris didn’t seem horribly convinced.
“I suppose,” Eris replied, to which Tayui inclined her head ever so slightly. Tayui raised it slowly as Eris spoke again and tried not to frown when the other female revealed that perhaps this made it even more appropriate. Tayui had to disagree: it just seemed like Eris was running from one family to the next and stealing names and inheriting things she had no right to. This name was not even real and yet, she still wanted it? Tayui didn’t understand this reasoning. If anything, Salvaged was the taint in his family and his children were his saving grace. Tayui had known so many wonderful wolves that descended from the madman which made her think he was the real one to ruin the name. None of his children save Eris took it and for good reason. None of them had wanted to be like their father.
Tayui eyed Eris uneasily when the woman made a half-hearted apology. “If it bothers you,” Eris noted, not caring if it did or not. She wasn’t apologizing for anything: she was manoeuvring to make it seem like she was, but in the end, Tayui recognized that she was just trying to placate her and nothing more. Eris shrugged and Tayui felt anger bubble up as she tried not to lash out. She was pregnant, after all.
Eris explained her reasoning, but it was all just folly anyways. She had been blamed for being Salvaged’s son, both before (where had that been?) and while living in Inferni, hence her reasoning for joining Anathema. “I’m just living up to that assumption,” Eris tried. Tayui didn’t buy it. It was just a cop out.
“Very well,” Tayui replied. She could see she could not argue her point further and that Eris would not listen to her anymore. Tayui had nothing else to say and now that she knew Eris wanted to be more like her father, she knew she would like to have nothing to do with the dark woman. “Good luck with your birth,” she added. It was time to leave.