Dragoncrest Cliffs tubthumping

Portia responded, and her words were scathing, though they did not pierce to the heart of her. She was, by some definition, still Seageda, and her armor was thick against biting words and slinging arrows. Tirgatao held her head high as Portia stood and stalked away from their conversation without so much as a farewell. This encounter did not bode well for her if she wanted to reclaim her title as Shouna. If Heda heard about this—of the trouble she caused her Skayona, Tirgatao could be punished. Interpersonal relations was supposed to be her specialty, so why were the changes of Drageda so hard to swallow?

Tirgatao stretched out her forelegs to lie upon the stone once more, resuming her watch with a thousand more questions and concerns running through her head.