Blackfeather Woods duma key

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in truth, vuk would never use what cicero had taught her against him; she had not even had time to ponder it. it was with true interest that she settled herself to listen to his words, her expression open and attentive. the names spilled before her and, without faces to put to them, vuk created colors, tones, and forms for them. fair meldresi, mother of cicero. it was clear that the man spoke of the woman who had passed with more than a son's fondness; he had respected her as his ruler as well.
and then there was damien. vuk had never known the man before nemesis had taken his throne. but she felt as if she knew him in part, through cicero's description. the woman gleaned that nemesis, damien, and the odd man were siblings, though her interest was piqued to know that the brothers shared a deeper bond.
it occurred to vuk to ask the nature of this, but the she-wolf decided she did not wish to know. "if d-damien l-leaves, w-will y-you f-follow?"[/tr][/td][/table]