Redtail Rise the colloquy of monos and una

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Avicus cannot not believe what she is hearing.

rather than the obedience she expected—demanded—Lilia shot back with insults to her leadership, her claim to this place.

and Augur stands beside her. is he complicit?

oh, Avicus could respond with tales of the blood she's spilled for this land. of the life she had left behind for it, as Princess of Ursus. of the rage and fear she'd felt when the bear had mauled her, and then the spirits had taken her away.

of those she's lost. of those she has gained.

of the home she has founded, which granted Lilia the path from helpless orphan destined for an early grave to what she is today.

then again, she could just kill the girl where she stood.

but Avicus barely moves, other than increasing the growl tenfold, the fur along her spine and nape lifting as if taken by the wind.

you'll leave now, she says, voice pitched low. nothing more, nothing less.

if she's created an enemy in this moment, then may Merrick's mad gods damn her for the rest of her days—but she will not stand for such impunity.