by Tereza Rozanov » Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:16 pm
Tereza walks in circles in the woods talking to herself. That would be only slightly crazy if there weren't subtle shifts in her body posture and voice.
"Look, we're never going to be any safer than we are here. You need to let it go."
"The interloper has designs. You know she does. Things are not safe."
"The 'interloper' has a name. We may be pissed at her, but you are *not* allowed to maul her."
"It would only be a small mauling. No teeth, I swear."
"Focus. We need to talk about us. Ignore Vivienne for right now. Why are you still on edge?"
There was a brief sullen silence before, "We almost failed. We were caged and made to sleep. Had it not been for the moon, even I couldn't have saved us."
"So you're ashamed that we got caught?"
"Yes. We allowed..."
"We didn't allow shit. We had no way of knowing they were waiting in ambush. It was a possibility, yes, but that was the risk we took by going alone."
"Alone is bad. We need a pack."
"I don't disagree, but I'm not biting more people and I'm not letting Isolde bite more people."
"Thinking too narrowly."
"What then?"
"Said we need a pack, not that we needed wolves."
Tereza stops at that, frowning and shoving her hands into her pockets in a totally unnecessary gesture.
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