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"As you vish," despite his toothy display, Klara deliberately took her time in detaching herself from the fur. This man's settlement was weak - pathetic - and she was more than content to display his incompetence with a steady swish of her tail as she took her leave.

She responded to his next outburst with a clack of her tongue. "Vell, your babies are not here now - are they." He would follow surely, as the steelmaiden led them back towards the river. There were a million things she could retort back, but she held her nerve. "Vhy do you stay?" she questioned then, voice tinged with genuine curiosity. "Do you enjoy being the doorman to our kingdom?"