Arrow Lake I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore

She had expected some kind of resistance; she had not made things easy for the other woman lately, and she figured her request would be met with suspicion and maybe even teeth. Taki had been prepared to explain why it needed to be this way, so at Ketzia's stiff acceptance, she merely stared at her for a few moments, eventually giving a curt nod of her own in response. 

She didn't stop the pionier from turning and walking back inside her den. Taki didn't want to be in the other mother's presence any longer than she needed to be, and she had an inkling that the feeling was mutual. The Kapitän turned and trotted away, back to her own family, satisfied that this problem was resolved for now.