[ The feathers shift under the pressure of his fingers, ruffle a little, settle again as he scratches. His eyes move between Ivor and Hekate, expression placid as he thinks. Haran evidently only counts Qetzi'ah and Tavor as his cousins; Qetzi'ah herself evinced little interest in the hyena's affairs. But here, as everywhere, there are gradations of power within every rank, hierarchies inside hierarchies.
He offers no dispute to Hekate's statement, which might make the purpose of his own preceding one obvious. ]
I came to give gifts to the Morrisons. I see that deer aren't to your liking.
[ Is it telling of him, to take on the additional burden of another gift when it is to two who appear weak and unregarded, but also different and clever? Will the others notice, would Dinah take offense? So it's not an outright offer, and echoes Hekate's oblique conversational tendencies. ]
no subject
He offers no dispute to Hekate's statement, which might make the purpose of his own preceding one obvious. ]
I came to give gifts to the Morrisons. I see that deer aren't to your liking.
[ Is it telling of him, to take on the additional burden of another gift when it is to two who appear weak and unregarded, but also different and clever? Will the others notice, would Dinah take offense? So it's not an outright offer, and echoes Hekate's oblique conversational tendencies. ]