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The arrow that had been armed securely into her bow immediately slipped free and popped dangerously into the air, landing a few feet before her. The sudden and unexpected announcement by the tia had caught her completely off guard, causing her to accidentally release her grip on the weapon in an awkward fashion.
Her eyes trained back over toward the tia as her face flushed slightly in embarrassment in response to his shameless declaration, something that half the tribe easily could have heard even from that distance.
Her crimson gaze was an infusion of both embarrassment and fury as she stared the distant male down with contempt, briefly uncertain of how to even respond in such a situation. The fact that he felt the need to bellow such a remark so boldly to her as opposed to saying it privately and directly had earned him no favours with her.
She drew in a short breath in attempt to cool her temper before indulging him with an answer.
"Claim the title in the name of another" she finally answered in a bitter tone as she turned to continue her training, her flushed expression slowly fading.
"I will have no part in supporting a challenge from the likes of you"
The morning sun beared down upon her oppressively that morning, tingling the back of her neck continuously and keeping her in constant awareness of the unnatural heat that made every small action feel laborous and consuming. As much as she wanted to believe otherwise, she felt certain that the matter would not lie dormant there.
She blinked slowly with this realisation. Azeyma's wrathful subjugation was nothing other than a discreet confirmation of the matter, today was going to be a long day.
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)