Arrow Lake drowner

round 2 - no posting order!

listening and watching closely for any telling social cues from among his diasporan peers, stigmata found that those congregated reacted mostly as expected - apart from an anomaly or two.

he noticed first that aurewen had been oddly silent after his direct question. not usually one to go on without speaking once spoken to, he looked at her skeptically for a long moment, before glancing away to kazimir, whose body language radiated with uncharacteristic reticence. @Mahler had previously explained her injury to him, but the general had never considered that her spirit may fail her as she healed.

blodreina's words were somewhat a surprise as well, and his tail wagged slightly as he addressed her. "that is what i hope to achieve here, blodreina. these mountains are to be for our young and their families and followers in the years to come. i envision praimfaya, and dragomir and isilme, with peaks of their own; ruling sister packs to the ones my own children may claim... but i want only to see the blood of diaspora rise to power in these mountains. anyone else is a threat to me."

takiyok and ketzia seemed to be on the same page as him (at least verbally), and though he understood the dangers of the kind of exclusivity he was speaking of, their confidence bolstered his position on the subject. if it didn't seem to scare the wolves he cared about most, then what was he worried about?

sadiq seemed to support his sister no matter what, a fact which stigmata intended to utilize and manipulate to the best of his abilities, but for now his gaze and his thoughts returned to the two quiet ones. "@Kazimir? your silence is deafening. as is yours, @Aurëwenn. are you two against diaspora's vision?"