In her head, Seh'lvah was drowning out all sound, just trying to stop herself crying. She wanted Veraxitoc to leave, so she could cry in peace. She hated elder dragons, they always left her upset, and she always cried because of their constant scolding and criticism. They didn't understand that teenage dragons these days were different from when the elders were teenagers, and they always criticised what they couldn't understand. She hated it. And she couldn't do anything about it.
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Veraxitoc was worried as things were, before the deer-woman started yelling at him angrily. Angry women terrified him. He could take the undead, angry ghosts, psycho killers. But angry woman had this overwhelming power. And considering that Nightspinner society was female dominated, that bolstered the effect.
To him, he was a young hatchling being scolded by his guardian. So he instinctively backed up from her. Plus, she was half deer!
"I had no intention! I was merely making sure that if it was Emeraldia, she was dead! I was about to apologise!"