Nova Peak Malice

The stranger spoke and Reverie's fear was replaced with anger all at once. She bristled all over now, outraged to have been threatened and now ordered on neutral ground. I'll go when I know she's safe, She snapped back. You don't own this place. I avoided your claim. How do I know you won't follow?
There was no desire in her to fight, but some part of her was beginning to resist the idea of being bullied out of unclaimed land. Even if she ended up terribly injured — which seemed quite likely, given her utter inability to handle herself in a fight — maybe it would be worth having stood up for herself. Reverie was tired of being the one to fold under pressure, to cave to the anger of others. In this, she felt it was misplaced. She'd done nothing wrong. So why was she being harassed?