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teya stopped, unsure of how to respond. she was shocked though she had no reason to be. frustration welled in her throat. 
it was sorana's sudden resistance when she had seemed to adjust well. or not. teya thought of her daughter's terror around the lake, how she had withdrawn to herself around bronco. not well. just silently.
akashingo flashed through her mind, sorana and tierra, sorana and lilitu. too many words.
"what you wanna talk about then?" she heard herself saying, gold-orange ears shifting toward her child. there was apology stark in her eyes. "maybe we — shou — could talk about daddy instead."
she tried to force encouragement into her face, but teya was frightened now and did not know why.