Ankyra Sound dinner at deviant's palace

lasher is tenacious

despite the curiosity that had glinted in her guarded eyes, caiaphas declined, and lasher nodded with respect for her choice. he invited, and she turned him aside, but not direct negative. "she is free to take her own lovers, and i am free to do the same," he murmured gently, knowing it was unheard of among his kind. in truth, he and blue willow might very well be the only ones who practiced such, now that peregrine had closed himself to all but fox. 

the invitation to fulfill her curiosity hung between them, full and bell-like, bursting with the juices of its own promise, to be batted away and circle back around, until it either came apart with want or withered for lack of address. no matter -- lasher would keep himself aside until caiaphas decided upon her own course of action.

"there was a curious thing i saw upon my way here.  a jelly-like, viscous animal, with long trailing legs. it lay upon the sands and did not breathe. do you know what it could be?"