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Sobo was simultaneously surprised and not to learn that Chacal differed from their mothers. She spent time out in the world, apart from the insular society of Sapphique, and held something of the unfamiliar about her. Sobo's lips turned downward not because she bucked tradition, but because he was worried.

He spoke little of Njord, preferring to keep it to himself most of the time, if only to avoid the chiding he would receive from others. The last thing Sobo needed was for his siblings to downplay his feelings or for his mothers to treat him like he was the problem. Chacal was different. He felt he could speak to her and not be met with resistance and judgment for the things he felt.

I t'ought de same of Njord, admitted Sobo, an' den he forgot dat I exist de secon' he found a new family and he has not remembered. Even de most well meaning of men be a risk. I would not want dat for your children. At least they would have a competent and devoted mother, and caring aunts and uncles to dote on them, to say nothing of Erzulie and Rosalyn. They would be loved ten times over and would have no need of a father who might disappoint them one day. It was up to Chacal, though. He would not judge either way.

He meant only to let her know what it was like and what might face them should their father prove unequal to the task.