Dragoncrest Cliffs anger is the more productive cousin of fear

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Blixen is first to address her though her focus remains on her son as he registers her presence. Somehow, she can see her expression on his face the first time she’d taken a life. She’d been around his age, too, but the disconnect is still present. Thuringwethil had trained early to kill without emotion, to do what is necessary, but Artaax has always been one to question, something he needs, that makes this all easier.

Without taking her eyes off her son, she absorbs the information. Portia continues to inspect the boy and he does not regard her with anything more than compliance. “Good,” she says. “You and Furi take the body back to the edge of the borders and leave it,” she adds. Though her eyes do not leave Artaax, her words are clearly intended for Blixen, and she does not continue with anything else until the girls are gone.