Sleepy Fox Hollow To the house in the pines where the road ends

wylla was swift to turn them aside from what had occurred, and mahler followed biddingly enough. "finding a kill vould bring you status," he mused. "and being more respectful of takiyok than you perhaps feel necessary."
diaspora's kapitän was a logical, aloof shieldmaid who managed to keep herself more closely guarded than even mahler,  but the general knew soon would come a time where she must assert herself more fiercely.
and whilst he had his own laid plans, mahler made none to try and temper takiyok, nor stop her from meting out discipline.
that reminded him of something; mahler grunted amusedly. "after i found you and tiercel gone, i had very harsh vords for durnheviir. not only over you," he added, "but her policies tovard children that vere not her own. she insinuated she might have killed tiercel and chusi's young brood."
a muscle leapt angrily beneath his shoulder. "takiyok is not like that, i believe. and i am not." 
forgetting the trail of his thoughts, and shamed, mahler lifted his head to look straight ahead. "what glory do you vish, vylla?"