Broken Antler Fen icetone

was it something about her that made penn act like that?
teya knew somehow it must be connected, but her fogged mind could not connect the pieces, and furthmore, she didn't want to do that. the raven did not move as he approached; she watched him half-lidded and smouldering.
but only for a moment, until the prefix of this biological event demanded that she turn him away. an aversive step. "i prefer cold." a boundary-line.  a wall. she slashed her tail through the air, sought his eye.