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Eris is by Kiri, a gift from Sylvey!
The pale coyote, slimmer and sharper than Eris by far, did not return her greeting. Eris was at first perplexed by this; following perplexity, a small bubble of anger bloomed in her. Green-yellow eyes narrowed at the Family-ranked canine, and the dark-hued woman prepared to admonish her subordinate. The woman spoke at long last, sparing herself the brunt of the Auxiliary's anger. The words themselves, however, stunned Eris more than the small display of defiance that had preceded them.
Words failed her entirely for a long moment, even as red eyes the color of a fire's heart looked upward and to the dark woman's own gaze. Eris struggled to find a response, her lip drawing upward in a reflexive half-snarl. Molcaxitl shuffled on the edge of her vision, and the dark woman's head swiveled toward the slave, snakelike and venomous as a viper. Out, she commanded, her voice demanding compliance. The coydog was all too happy to oblige, and scuttled away, disappearing beneath a stone archway.
You... will not be welcomed here again, sister. This last word was spit from her dark muzzle, much the same way she might spit a curse at someone. Anger roiled in her, and her paw itched to reach out and slap the woman. Self-preserving instincts held her back: even if she could call the rest of Salsola here, Tlantli might gravely injure her beforehand. She did not put it past the yellow-furred coyote to commit such atrocities, and the dark woman began to regret sending Molcaxitl away -- not that the slave was any use whatsoever in defense.
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