Ouroboros Spine I'll watch the night turn light blue

She caught the final sentences, and near immediately her head snapped up.

Yuralria!

Almost immediately, she was on her feet, surging between her daughter and her cousin. Her ears were back, her tone scolding as she spoke to the child before her.

This is no way to treat your cousins, and no way to act at all! She turned to the little girl on her other side, offering a smile she hoped was reassuring.

You do not have to leave, Nutuyikruk. I’m sorry Yuralria spoke to you that way. She will apologize to you, but you don’t have to forgive her right away.

Vairë looked at her daughter for a single moment, before looking back to her niece. Internally, she sighed and resolved herself to trying to clean up this interpersonal conflict.