just one single moment - open; burning home / new body

A R E S

They said "Be strong," they said, "Never be weak."
So I cut everyone off and isolated myself. I will never be weak.

Words died on hollow teeth, eyes fixated on this impostor only to snap toward Aurum as he spoke the late woman's name. "That's-" Salvia's words halted her and she turned to face the cub.

Gently she went to stand by his side, anger rippling through the raised fur on her shoulders, new limbs peeking from beneath skin. Amber eyes filled with fury. Words hardened as metal as she steeled her words. "Pretty Mother died in the fire. You are an impostor. You are not Pretty Mother."

Words cut the air and she turned around, hidden horns threatening to break skin. She moved paws delicately at first before she sprinted away.

Out, unless stopped//

"Speech"

— Reggan