Ouroboros Spine [m] Homage

Mae knew better than to fight the old woman, though she certainly wanted to. She went willingly, growling only a little, with the growing sense that she had not accomplished what she'd hoped. Whatever she had done, the old woman clearly wasn't pleased by.

That didn't bother her much — but everything else about the situation did. She fell into silent bristling, eyes stinging with tears, and refused to speak or look toward the old woman again.