Dragoncrest Cliffs follow the moskva down to gorky park

"take our da." she studied meerkat. "none of my older brot'ers stayed here. my mot'ers made chacal leader." she took a breath, swallowing harshly.
whatever she said next might be a betrayal. her mind told her it was disloyal. but she could not bear to see her brothers so distant, so miserable.
and if they continued to be cold toward both njord and his bride, then neither would be able to coexist. either sobo and loko would leave, or njord would. 
she saw with a shocking moment of women's revelation that her growing brothers' refusal to accept this as their mothers had was a direct threat to the structure of sapphique.
but mireille was not old enough to understand how best to articulate this. and so her frustration showed for a moment before she took a breath. "i do not understand it myself. but i believe dat dey need our da in a different way. dis be a place of women. coraline an' i are part of de women. an' if da njord ... changes more. if he leaves, den dey will never forgive."
she squared her shoulders. "it feels like all of dis happened while i was gone. i came home an' it was all different. but i do not t'ink it is your fault."
i think it is mine.