Morningside Cuesta the music's too loud

Crunched week for me, so quick post to keep it going.

She was not impressed by the white man -- his response was not enough. Maybe he didn't recognize just what danger he put himself in. But she was talking to her children first.

She gave Vex a particularly neutral look. She was no stranger to selfishness -- hell, it was perfectly fine in her book, usually -- but there were some limits. Most of them involved family, that most of the time they were worth remembering. She'd deal with it later.

That's what you were supposed to be doing anyway, she said flatly. It would have gotten them in a lot less trouble. The two older boys seemed the most likely to send with them -- Jomyo she didn't want to force to go with them on short notice -- as they were reliable at the very least. She trusted them to call out any shenanigans. But leaving now? And if the answer was yes, she'd call for Warlock and/or Pheiros, but the latter was elsewhere, not that she knew at this instant. If it was no, then they'd have to talk it over back at the territory or something.