Blacktail Deer Plateau of star & sea

It didn't escape Rosalyn's notice that Hua only quieted when Ying spoke.  While Rosalyn had enjoyed the woman's company before, the way she glared at Erzulie now elicited daggers.  She took another step, up to her wife's side, and bared her teeth in a distinct warning.  She had quieted, but if she fought, there would be two.

They were at a standstill as Ying spoke, and Rosalyn allowed Erzulie to take the floor.  She was better with words in these situations, and her repoir with Ying stronger.  Her thoughts on this she'd already shared; they'd shown no attempt to learn the ways of the pack they'd joined, and without doing so, they had no future here.  She was too selfish in their own family to allow it to fall aside to something else.

As expected, Erzulie cut to the heart of it.  She waited, expectant, for the answer that would follow.