"There's a disturbing trend with you, K'luha Haaz," K'takka hissed words as sharp as her claws. "People you lose do not come back. I'll be considering if K'makanee's daughter would be best placed with another woman, lest you lose her as well." The threat was hollow, she know, and she could foresee the voices of the other elders rising in protest. So she pushed on before they could, "However I reject your responsibility over the firedancer's disappearance. He is fool enough on his own; he does not need your help to err. It sounds like he chose to leave."
K'takka flicked her gaze to the other elders. "If he does not return soon we should send K'yohko after him. Who better to keep the Tia in line than the Nunh? My grandson will retrieve the trinkets that boy has absconded."
K'takka flicked her gaze to the other elders. "If he does not return soon we should send K'yohko after him. Who better to keep the Tia in line than the Nunh? My grandson will retrieve the trinkets that boy has absconded."