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“You are the one hiding behind your wares, Jaden.”
Was all the female could bother to say, before thoroughly grasping the young fawn and distancing herself from the undesirable misconceptions of the Issum. It was clear her breath was wasted, her offered rationale forfeit for the selfish vendetta the male wished to pursue. She had stated her position on the matter, she had given him his warning. If he truly wished to go against it, then the consequences would follow as the pair of them founded together.
With carcass firm she began her ascent. One paw purposefully and carefully in front of the other so as not to apply too much pressure on her joints. The cargo both in maw and belly was laboring to say the very least, but worth it if she would reach her destination to have the shared meal and lie before war was raged on their doorstep. The conversation was far from over, the conviction in his endless blues spoke of more should he be denied… and deny him she did with firm belief his claim to rule was late and unjust; a pup hoping to receive the acknowledgement he was robbed of but far too late to be worth anything now. The moment was lost the instant he turned his cheek to the Lambda’s first lash. To counter it now with words, even violence, was an act more to soothe his own ego, than the ‘unify’ as he blindly claimed. If anything… his actions would part the Family. Make him a traitor to the eyes of the collective… the eyes of the Nomads.
Lengthy claws grasped a foothold and beneath crumbled away loose soil and rock to the stone underneath. Strong and resilient, a hard white that stood against the earthen hue. She braced against it and pushed onward, stretching and recoiling in rhythm with carcass knocking against the face of rock. Then she paused, and with a toss of her proud head swung the meal over the lip of a soft cliff, then herself vaulted to the cleared ground atop. Her limbs quaked beneath her and breath became ragged, but that as well as the meat was forgotten as she made her priority to pad to the mouth of the shared enclosure and place herself in front of it.