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Gabe, thankfully, had no comment on the matter and moved on with a quickly ecked out reply of thanks. Her lips slipped back over her teeth and she turned away but she continued on down the beach with a much more rigid gait. She didn't believe the conversation was over, but her tolerance for it was at an end. The Matriarch didn't trust him; she didn't trust hardly any of the Sirens, not even Kalika. Soon enough, when the rites began and their will was tested, she would see their true colors. But for now it was all suspicion and speculation, and Akantha abhored it.

She flicked an ear back towards him and, in a half-hearted attempt at making peace, waved her tail in a much more friendly gesture than before, "What are your interests? Skills?" she intoned with the hopes of probing him for something useful.