Swiftcurrent Creek There is no way but up

She almost killed him.
She almost killed him and she knew this; but he had almost killed her. The retelling that spills from the elder's lips brings forth a snarling rage. Was there no sympathy? No understanding of why this had all transpired?
You come here in good faith, her eyes seethe, brows narrowed to a fine point. but you actually just come here to demand I be punished for defending my family? and she laughs, then, a dry, misanthropic croon, because if she hadn't she perhaps would have dissolved to tears.
Alright then, here, tell me what you would do. Imagine you hear a distress call from your packmate, and when you get there you see another one of yours dead with a newborn, and two strangers that you've never seen before in your life tryin' ta steal the baby. One of 'em, the man, makes a go at your leader's daughter, who had the newborn in her mouth, and you must be thinkin' to yourself, oh, shit, this guy's gonna kidnap or kill two children, right? So you-- you make a move. And you bite the guy, and it was supposed to just be a warning to make him go the fuck away. And you try and tell 'em who you are, thinking maybe if he knows the baby belongs to us he'll-- stop, somehow. And he just... whips around and he goes fuckin' crazy on you, when all you wanted was to defend your pack, and now it's a life or death fight.
Her head cranes to reveal the scabs that still linger upon her neck, her shoulders, her forelegs. Ugly, sinister. He didn't stop. I almost died. I didn't wanna kill him, man, I swear to god, I-- I mean shit, I'm glad I didn't. I didn't know where he was from or who the hell he was, and if I knew he was one a' yours, none of that woulda happened. At least not on my end. and that, that was sincere; but there was no going back from this now.
A brief glance to Akavir before she exhales a labored breath. I'm sorry. I am. But maybe you should think twice about trusting a guy who wreaks havoc on your allies, let alone come to their home in his honor and try to defend him. If anything, we should be interrogating you.