Jade Fern Grove the ache and pull of despair

*sound of karm's heart breaking!*

Oh, exasperating man! Scimitar gave her absolutely nothing to use as ammunition - a calculated move on his part, no doubt. Bazi took a few moments to calm her instinct to shout, inhaling deeply through the grotesque but.. quite convenient gap above her top left canine. It made a satisfying, condemning little hiss when she breathed, and the sound of it made her feel superior. "Why.. why is that, exactly?" she queried, her face still tight with emotion, but she was managing to keep it reined in. [b]"Why aren't we .. working?"[b] The last part was delivered with a whisper and a fretful look at the children; Bazi was selfish, but not dumb. Swift and Allure did not need the demise of their parents' love hanging over their heads alongside everything else.