Arrow Lake didn't see that coming

Secretly it pleased her that she had startled the child, her eyes gleaming with delight that wasn't displayed on her face before she sat down and regarded him as if he hadn't ever wounded her psyche which was more damage than he could ever do to her physically. His words came out sharp and vicious as if he were trying to flay her fur from her flesh with simply his tongue. It wasn't normal, it wasn't called for and yet....she didn't care. Mahler had faith in her and so had Stigmata and his spawn would not make her run away in shame of who she was ever again. "And what would that prove? That you're foolish and wasted your energies on something so scrawny it isn't even a snack" her tone was calm but her words were biting. She wouldn't hold her tongue ever again and she'd be damned if she got faulted for it. Dead father or not this lack of respect for an adult needed to be fixed.