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A flurry of emotion had been set loose within her. The words of the tiger echoed with harsh dissonance through her head, playing on repeat with a building intensity on each play-through.
And Tiberii tried to see where she'd gone wrong. She recalled her other encounters with the tiger. She recalled the stories and lessons she'd learned from him, she recalled his stoic patience and mysterious way of caring. And she just ... could not understand where his discontentment and hatred had blossomed from. The bull did not know what had been said to him behind the scenes, but if there was one thing Tiberii knew about Aurelia, it was that she was honest. She was not a liar — it wasn't in her programming.
The titan paced, trailing back and forth as her lips lifted in a distasteful snarl.
Her ire was still at the forefront.
She heard her name from behind, and it stalled her pacing for a moment as she lifted her head. A golden gaze turned toward Hexx as she attempted to quickly wipe the snarl from her lips. A fire still bloomed behind her golden gaze.
Hexx,she'd greet, unable to disguise the rough edge to her voice. The stalwart wanted to know of the tiger — a fair thing to ask after the threats that had slung from Kuhn's tongue.
She'd sigh, a deep and purposeful exhale.
Kuhn's been a friend of tha family since before my sisters an I were even born,she'd start, remembering as far back as she could. She did not know just ... how deeply the relationship between Kuhn and her parents had been, however. She did not know that perhaps that was why their alliance had died with her father leaving and her mother dying.
He'd always been aroun', since as long as I can remember. A friend, I thought,she'd continue, pressing her ears backward atop her head.
I 'ave no idea where tha came from. Or why he's so ...
Hateful? Wrathful? Mean?
She'd shake her head, scowling.
I won't 'ave him talkin' to my family tha way.She'd lift her ears, turning her bold gaze back toward Hexx.
I 'ave no idea if he'll try ta come back here, but after those threats...She'd only pause for a moment before making up her mind.
I can't allow it.
It stung somewhere deep to say it out loud.
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