Heron Lake Plateau and when you wanted me, i came to you

caiaphas would have been pleased to learn the lesson she imparted was absorbed earnestly; it was a hard lesson, even for the most resilient -- yet it was a lesson in which once one understood ruthless selfishness of the world, very few would be able to stop them. in a way the sylph wished she had learned it sooner -- it certainly would have saved her heartbreak.

that it might save ceara her own heartbreak was of little comfort, for the siren queen was indeed one of the very wolves she warned against: cold, selfish, self-serving. perhaps in time the firebrand would come to learn this.

"tit for tat." the sylph replied, sharing that the gratitude was accepted, but unnecessary -- for ceara had shown her a place for her whelp's den. "you helped me, i help you. i appreciate beneficial arrangements, and i cut all others loose."