Herbalists' Cache mud dancer

sometimes it is all we can do <3

"get down," he snarled at last. the taste of her blood was placating, but still he stood, crowded into her space, tail held high.

"i am your band leader. me. i am not only your blood. blackfell is not lanzadoii. he will never be lanzadoii, nor gjalla. you think i do not like women? only a woman's word spares your life. only star eater stands between you and me. my sister meleys. suliya. sivaak. nagruk, all women of saatsine who i have hunted with. killed with. stupid, black hawk. do not stay stupid."

a snap in the open air. "his words should never have come from your mouth. keep your own mind. it is he who thinks we should possess the earth. the lanzadoii do not. the man you killed could have been another hunter. that is how i think. let a stranger eat from dry kills. slay only if there is a threat. it does not matter. we are strong, and stronger now."

his sides heaved with anger. 

"you will never call star eater a name. never. or say she will take another man. ever. i will kill you, black hawk, blood or not, if you refuse our ways again. if you insult again. it is time you learned how to be."

sun eater jerked away with a growl, glowering.