Morningside Cuesta the music's too loud

Although Haunt liked to think she presented a sound argument, she did not actually expect Arbiter to relent. She'd arrived by saying, "Being escorted is not yet optional," after all. So when she did, the pale youth blinked, her tail flicking at this unexpected turn of events. Of course, she wanted to leave right this moment, before her mother changed her mind and broke their legs or something to prevent them from going anywhere. Her eyes shot to Kigipigak but discarded his presence. He had only been a tool (a wrench, perhaps); she didn't even really like the guy.

She wondered who Arbiter might send along with them—Warlock, probably—and exchanged a long look with Vex before turning her snout toward her mother and saying, "We don't have to go right this second. We can discuss it, make a plan." Haunt thought Arbiter might respect the maturity of that judgment call, so hopefully she hadn't just shot herself in the foot. Surely there was a middle ground to be found here.

Motioning for her mother and brother to join her, Haunt began to move back toward the bypass. She waved a paw in Kigipigak's direction but said nothing else to him, mostly because a sudden pain shot through her head. Haunt winced but brushed it off as she proceeded back toward home for a family meeting.