Ouroboros Spine Patrol

Rodyn offered information about his home, and Qadira nodded, one ear trained on him, the better to hear, while she resumed her patrol. He was forced to disperse, a cruel thing, perhaps, but Qadira had done the same thing, and younger, she thought. He asked of her own history, and she frowned slightly.

"I joined last winter. I was raised in a patriarchal, misogynistic society where I was not allowed to fight. I left, so that I could fight."