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Eris is by Requiem!
Her mind was already spinning into conspiracies: Tlantli was not really leaving to her faraway desert home; she was defecting, going to another pack, selling Salsolian secrets. Her mate, her brother, anyone she'd ever touched, was therefore suspect for treachery. The hybrid's mind reeled with the possibilities, and it left her feeling sickly and hollow. Even the woman's words were not enough -- who could she truly trust, aside from her own? Her Family should not be so fragmented as this, even in her mind. A strange fear blossomed deep within the dark-furred woman, perhaps just an inkling of truth, or perhaps the beginnings of true paranoia. Eris could not tell, and perhaps this was what scared her most of all.
Go, then, she snapped, advancing a half-step toward the yellow coyote, as if to drive her from the territory then and there. Leave now! I should declare you traitor here and now, pentiti forever, she threatened, dark lips drawn back into an ugly snarl. Her eyes were bright as the midday sun, and she thought her job of masking fear with anger adequate enough. She should not be so afraid -- why should she? Tlantli was going far away, and she could do no harms to Salsola. What seeds did she already plant, though? the Auxiliary's paranoia demanded stubbornly.
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