⛥ drop of rum on my tongue with a warning ⛥
"how do we all know it's intel and not double-sided spying? he may have proven himself in the past but it's a new time. new leadership. we all aren't the same as we were. some of us lost things to the people he was with.", she would respond to ximen. "he left under a new leader to come to another new leader. loyalty has to be proven time and time over. just because he did something nice doesn't mean we are ready to roll over and give up our bellies as a prize", she spoke. "we are not at peace with the pitt, have you all forgotten what they have done? we certainly have not. we have not, and we will not. he must prove himself to us now, for we have all proved ourselves in some way to tanglewood. we have made our way in, we have proved ourselves. he was here under different leadership, there's nothing wrong with getting him to prove his loyalty to us again. when you leave, and come back, would you expect to be greeted with open arms when you've lived with an enemy?", she would speak, lifting a paw and licking it, drawing it over her ear.
"the information he brings, can be beneficial, but we have already said we will fight the pitt if they come after us again. we have scores to settle, and his bearing that scent does not make things any easier. what we ask of him is the same we ask of any joiner, new or old, 'prove yourself to us and be accepted or denied', either again or for the first time. bringing intel and coming 'back' does not prove that alone. he needs to show us that there is something more than a running mouth and a quick step to him. we ask of all joiners to swear their loyalty to us. he's back now, yes, but he has to prove that loyalty to the group. we cannot afford for him to run off if something happens. you do not abandon your kin or your group over waivering loyalties.", she would comment, picking at her nails with her teeth. god she regretted getting up to check this all out. she would welcome him if he showed himself - but until then, he was still a desert snake to her, one that might have interacted with the rat she sought to hunt and kill. she didn't know what all had happened between others, or what was going on with xilbaba, or what had happened. she knew she had come back to different leadership, and that was fine. some things had to be accounted for again. "we did not forget things, but we choose to think further than the surface appearance, or how things seem." she would utter finally, sitting beside the cipher siblings with perked ears. a scuffle would be hilarious to her, especially as how things stood with few medically trained beings. well, seems she needed to check her herb store again and make some more tinctures.
MERLIN GWYNNE
penned by teef
penned by teef