Dragoncrest Cliffs is the fairest thing on the black earth,

as chacal turned, changed, erzulie recognized her maternal error. in seeking respect she had surely insulted the girl further. her tone was clear even if the words were not.
when it had finished, when mother and daughter stood staring at one another, one jarred and the other swelling with exerted breaths, erzulie swallowed. she was a proud woman, but even her streak of arrogance recognized that it must not stray close to her bond with her children.
"mwen regrèt mwen te fè ou fache. de fwa."  the language of love she had shared with every child nurtured at her breast. ears splayed, for she had not forgotten the frigid look delivered to her by the gold-caped girl, who glittered now with a bristling and hard emotion.