here we go again

Lillie nodded, a small smile twisting her lips. No, she'd not be so stupid as to look for pain. She was no masochist; she did not find pleasure in pain in any form. It was rather unpleasant, and she would not want to meet someone who enjoyed this sort of pain... though anyone who did would likely be long dead by now. Her ears flicked back as he continued speaking. Stupid aunt? That must be... well, Rhythm, right? The one Shaye was always with, Motif's sister. Her jaw ground at the thought of the other woman, green eyes flashing as her lips started to lift in a snarl - stopping due to pain.

She fell silent as well, and with Lark... it was companionable. She didn't feel pressed to fill the silence, another appreciative thing. But, words soon filled that silence again. Anger flashed through her as she remembered what happened after, and she could not stop the low growl in her throat. "No. Vail followed me and saw it all. I was blamed; Motif didn't even care. She was too absorbed by her precious baby." Bitterness laced her tone, completely undisguised - and pain as well, an undercurrent to the bitterness. "I got in trouble; it was blamed all on me. All my fault, I was the idiot, no, it's not the bitch who threw a fit and did this when I mentioned her brothers. No, it was my fucking fault," snarled the yearling, ears flattening to her head as she stared angrily out over the waters. It wasn't until then she realized how far the anger, the bitterness, ran. She had fallen silent after those last words, instead staring out over the water with a fuming look in her eye.

"Speech"