Ankyra Sound watch me

i ...warchief. he tells her a bit flatly, missing, as he typically does, the auxiliary verbs meant to go inbetween. nevertheless, he assumes ( even if he is wrong ) that she would understand what he is trying to say: that women should lead and that 'second-in-command's were meant for men. he blanches when she admits that their grandmaster is male — he assumes that's their form of imperatrix but to kharybdis it sounds lofty and pompous — and that he was a capable leader.

he cannot bring himself to follow the lead of a male; the idea was wholly preposterous to him. men were good for war and creating daughters ...nothing else. too many years of spartan-like conditioning leaves no room for kharybdis to change his mind. no follow men. he tells her simply. even if he tried, no doubt he wouldn't last long within the ranks because he'd be insubordinate from the get-go and he doubts anyone would put up with that.