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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:08 am
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Rather than look chastised, Turiya's expression quickly shifted from pleased to surprised to defiant. Though she remained lying down, her posture straightened further, and she held her head high. Meanwhile, he tail lashed behind her with the sudden agitation. "Why should it matter that he's brown? Plenty of red Firekin have had brown cubs, or pink or purple or green and every other color! No one keeps them from having cubs, even though there will be huria. So what if a couple of mine are brown? That's practically normal now. And if they are brown, they can go live with their sisters!"
If they were boys, they'd be at a loss, but whatever. That wasn't important to her argument right this moment.
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:05 am
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"That doesn't change what you should be looking for in a mate!"
Though Turiya was on the ground and Agni-pariksha was older, slightly larger and covered in scars, it was plainly apparent that they were related in that moment. The tension and agitation in their postures and the look they were giving each other were nearly identical. The staring contest seemed to go on forever as the Regent weighed her options here. She was pissed. Not just because her daughter was being so intentionally inflammatory but because she knew the girl was, at least in part, right. Turiya's mistake was picking a known, easily-identifiable lion and then opening her mouth. A smart lioness could pick whoever she wanted outside the pride and nobody would ever know if it was him, his genes or something hiding in her own genes that produced huria. Producing huria was, more or less, seen as a fact of life and not a great shame but it was not a desirable outcome.
The existence of huria didn't change the Firekin. The rules on color were strict, even with the recent changes. Perhaps someday, it would happen again but it would be a long wait between gold and sand, and again between sand and brown.
Agni-pariksha had the rules on her side and Turiya had made up her mind, she could explain but there was no point in trying.
"Turiya, go to the Outpost," she said, "I'll deal with you later. Just.. get out of the desert."
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:37 am
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:02 am
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
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