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Caiaphas seemed intrigued by her trailing invitation, indeed confirming that Junior had whetted her appetite for knowledge of the private sisterhood. The juvenile didn't know much herself, it was true, but enough of their way of life was clarified for their newest recruits so they were able to entice more to their order... or move on without endangering either party. It seemed -- at least for now -- that Junior was planning to stay; and Aktaiê would make note to tell the youth of her approval later.

She slipped easily into speech, then, telling this newest recruit of their order and way of doing things. There were areas she glided over, the deeper secrets only privy once a recruit had proven themselves a true Nereides.

At the speech's end, Aktaiê nodded and answered any lingering questions, pleased that Caiaphas had attended her words so raptly. As the dark woman returned to the grotto she had claimed as her own, Aktaiê turned towards the camp to commune with the Mother Sea.