Swiftcurrent Creek Sans sang

He was offended.

It should have been reassuring, but it wasn’t. If nothing else, it reminded Chacal to be grateful that she had not chosen to keep Freshwater man by her side, and allowed him to have influence over the upbringing of the children they had created together. He was quick to dismiss her worry, too quick. Her concerns, or the cause for them, were not validated at all- and she was left feeling as though he was gaslighting her.

She frowned, and pulled back. She would have to trust that Arric would not harm Suzu or her grandchildren- but she was too proud to accept treatment, fearing now that it might have been offered out of pity.

She shook her head when he offered to send someone with her; she did not need a wolf with his words in their mouths, coming to Sapphique. She had delivered news, and was assured that her family would be safe.

All she could do now was hope that he would be true to his word.

She looked to Suzu, and over a long moment of silence, conveyed with her expression her feeling of longing, pleading- and pity. It pained her that her daughter had settled here- so far inland, and among wolves that she did not trust. She knew she would have to weather Suzu’s decisions, but she did not agree with them.

She tried to soften her feathers when she looked back to Arric. She nodded her head to him; stern gaze holding him to his words, but warning him too that he would be treading on thin ice, still, whenever their paths crossed.