Whoops you messed up

The sight of her mother's bristled quills had Deluge's bioluminescence flashing in response. Her head angled low and lips peeled back to reveal her teeth with more ferocity that she had shown in any raid. "Mother." The venomous way the word dripped off her tongue made it obvious it was intended as an insult. A dark chuckle resonated through her chest as she deciphered the older woman's stance. Deluge could have been free of this fucking pageantry, if Modesty hadn't called her back, sent Scald to drag her back kicking and screaming. "Y' never warned me how fucked this'd all be." She said conversationally, trying to get the other woman to lower her guard. Eyes flicked to Modesty's right shoulder, it could have been mistaken as a look of deference, if she hadn't chosen that moment to lunge.

"speech"