Blacktail Deer Plateau and break the heart in two

It was not Peregrine that approached, and so Aktaie incorrectly assumed it was one of his subordinates — furthering her distaste for Junior's father. It didn't matter that she should understand the demands on a leader's time, and that she had allowed Caiaphas to intercept most strangers upon Ankyra's borders while she attended other business. Despite this hypocrisy and her annoyance, Aktaie stood respectfully as the other approached, her turquoise eyes cast down. It was another male, a realization that made her tense; Peregrine perhaps caught wind of Psamathe's blatant distaste for males and so sent one to greet her out of spite. None of this would turn out to be true, but the priestess would cling to any suspicion that granted her permission to dislike Junior's father more than she already did.

She had half a mind to take a shit, tell this male to take that back to Peregrine as a message, and keep Junior's status to herself... but her grandmother's words echoed in her mind, and she cooled her anger for the moment. Aktaie was here to avoid a conflict, not incite one.

"I have a message for Peregrine," she told the other, carefully. Her tone was as respectful as she could muster, her Greek accent lilting. "It concerns his daughter."