Blackfeather Woods Walking by your side

Taki stopped walking at his unexpected response. She knew he might not be happy about what she needed to do, but she hadn't anticipated him flat out telling her no. She raised an eyebrow at him, a flash of defiance in her gaze as she gave him time to rethink that response. She was not accustomed to being told no, nor could she remember the last time anyone had tried to tell her what to do. When he apologized, her own expression softened a little. She knew he was just concerned, and he was right to be. She wasn't particularly thrilled about having to go back, but she saw no other way. 

She wasn't necessarily opposed to him coming with her, but it wasn't really that easy. I will not send someone else to tell Siarut about his daughter. He should hear it from me, she told him first. And if she wants to stay with us, are you suggesting you come with me and we leave her here by herself? Because I do not plan to make her cross the mountains again unless she intends to go home. There was no way she would bring her along if she didn't have to. I am perfectly capable of making the trip on my own, Taikon, she told him. She was being stubborn, she knew, but he was treating her as if she was unable to do something she had done more than once on her own.