Sunbeam Lair iii. protect yourself for none else shall

A shadow eclipsed a portion of light, sent it flickering and shifting along the floor - drawing the tilted one-eyed gaze of the corvid alertly; one learned to pay close attention to such detail when half-blinded. 

Lilac lighted upon copper, gaze roaming quickly over a pelt of storm and a raze of flames without judgement - who was she to judge, with such an unbecoming hole in her head? 

A small smile was offered, a stately bow of her nite crown. "Greetings," she purled welcomingly to the stormborn, "I'm Rhælla." A gentle swish took hold of her tail, at ease in the company of another woman - and a seemingly friendly one to boot.