Dragoncrest Cliffs and if she refuses gifts,

Erzulie said it all better than she herself could, so Rosalyn was content to listen and allow her the finish.  She'd already determined it this time around - she had no interest in driving this place as she had in the past.  In most things they were of the same mind, but should they differ, Rosalyn would allow Erzulie her call.  It was a resolution that she had not voiced, but silently rested on, one born of a long-seated desire to see her wife in her rightful role and a weariness that ached deep.

She still stood proud though, and looked over them as they reacted.  A proper crew, loyal, standing as one.  There would be tensions (seen even now) but as a whole they would become a family.  Sapphique would be no scattered band.  

If you seek to rise, you'll prove it to us.  Fighting is only one measure of strength.  She allowed her gaze to pass over Kaertok and Rosencrantz, then the rest of them.  While you are here, you are family.  To us and to each other.  She smiled, glanced at Erzulie, and then stepped back.  This was all she wished to say.  It was the largest divergence, the biggest change perhaps to affect them, and she hoped they took it to heart.

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