Arrow Lake Now we got bad blood

it had been rather difficult not to notice takiyok's colder-than-usual temperament as of late, but stigmata hadn't exactly felt inclined to ask about it...

mostly because he had already guessed what her problem was, and had predicted its occurrence quite soon after mating with ketzia. though he couldn't be happier to see her belly round with his seed, imagining this very conversation had made him dread the day she might begin to show.

that time had come and gone some time ago, and it seemed his previous partner had held her rabid tongue for about as long as she could stand it. stigmata paused as the pale storm of a she-wolf descended upon him with an air of authority he mentally shrank away from, and his ears folded backwards in quiet deference to her presence.

for she had been queen first, and continued to reign as the mother of his most prized children.

the general was still fairly irritated over the recent betrayal of diaspora's banished pionier, as well as the further delay of his recruiting trip, but he made a valiant effort to let her be the one that was mad, as she so rightly deserved. he was silent as she took her stance before him, and he pressed his ears forward to hear her every emotion - even the ones hidden in her undertones.