09-18-2009, 08:08 PM
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No problem! Take your time. <3 Everyone is busy around these times, sadly. D: mall-caps;">In Character There was plenty of capacity for violence within the coyote, as she had proven to herself time and time again. In her age, she had calmed down some, gained better control of herself, and in general, put her survival and the survival of Inferni before anything else. Vengeance was a petty, personal matter to be pursued in one's spare time; devotion to the clan was a full-time job that required many hours of difficult work. The coyote woman took such things in stride, perhaps her quarter dog contributing to the ease with which she slipped into the harnesses of social life and clan responsibilities. The silvery coyote nodded, smiling almost wistfully as she spoke again. "I've spent the last two winters much farther south. Nothing quite makes you miss the cold like a disappointing, rainy winter," she said, shaking her head. Farther south, the winters were all rain and a sprinkling of sleet, with almost nothing of real snow and ice, and the temperate zones were simply not to her tastes. She enjoyed the chillier air in general; her hybrid coat was built for it, with the thick undercoat of a wolf and some of the insulation of her husky blood. Kaena was enjoying the red wolf's company now. They had seemed to speak their pieces about one another's clan, and the information trade had been satisfactory for Kaena. If they wanted peace, Inferni would be one of the first to accept their request. They were a clan motivated by vengeance more than anything, and if the Aniwayans were truly interested in keeping their word, the coyote clan would have no difficulty holding up their end. It was strange, but the ashen hybrid was rather enjoying the company of an outsider; Kaena had not been getting out of the coyote's territory at all recently. Her encounter with Haku had made sure of that. The compliment to Gabriel was also one to Kaena in turn, something she had not missed. He was her son, she had raised him—mostly, anyway. He had left when he was young, but now that Kaena knew why, she understood. Seeing Baneesh die had traumatized him, as she had known when he had returned for the second time, older and cut up, her tough-as-nails Gabriel. The Gabriel who came back for the second time had served a lifetime in the Scintilla war, some distant place where the coyotes and wolves had not gotten along nearly as well as they did here. Compared to that place, 'Souls was a goddamn hippie convention. At least there weren't wars breaking out every other day here. There was another smile on her face, brought about by the red wolf's compliment and thoughts of how strong and wonderful Gabriel had become. The silver-tone coyote smiled, and nodded. "Yes, sadly I know this very well. When Inferni was first founded, we could not hold our numbers together. There were just six of us at first, but at two separate points in Inferni's long history, we had only two coyotes to our name." She thought of Vitium. He had betrayed Inferni, the Aquila, and his mother in one foul action. She contemplated adding this story, her golden eye watching Dawali for a moment. Perhaps it would be better to save such hurtful tales for when they knew each other slightly better. It still hurt to think of her traitor-son, and the silvery hybrid wondered if she would ever see him again. |