Stavanger Bay schema

Pleased by his show of remorse - which Doe (in her infinite narcissim) took as deference - the woman relented and turned her attentions away from the boy's transgressions. She accepted his apology with a tacit nod and his name with a quirked lip. Rannoch.

"Doe," she replied, searching his youthful features as she went on. "Beta and den mother of the Depths."

She studied him a moment longer, but there seemed to be nothing to gain by either kindness nor menace.

"I think that Qilaq is the one that deserves your apologies," she said delicately, rising with no little amount of difficulty. If the pups did not come out of her soon, Doe was afraid she'd be bedridden before too long. However, that was a concern for another day, and for the time being, she was able to amble away from the pair.

Doe out.