ONLY THE GOLD UPON HER MIDNIGHT BODY MAKES HER STAND OUT AGAINST DARKNESS. OTHERWISE, SHE MIGHT BLEND IN WITH THE BACKGROUND ENTIRELY. HER WINGS CARRY HER AT FIRST, THEN HER LONG LEGS AS SHE FOLLOWS THE WOULD-BE KING. ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT VOICED HIS INTEREST, SHE HAS NOMINATED HIM IN HER OWN MIND (AND SUGGESTED IT ALOUD) FOR THE POSITION. THERE WAS A TIME SHE MIGHT HAVE SEEN HERSELF AS A RULER, BUT THESE DAYS SHE HAS OTHER INTERESTS IN MIND. MAXENCE IS, OF COURSE, THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN THE CANYON, BUT OTHERS BESIDES HERSELF HAVE FOLLOWED. SHE WONDERS HOW MANY OF THEM VIEW THEMSELVES AS SUBJECTS WORTHY OF VYING FOR THE CROWN OF SOLTERRA. TO BE HONEST, THE PROPHET DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THEM WELL ENOUGH TO JUDGE THEIR SUITABILITY - SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES.
SHE COMES TO A STOP NOT FAR BEHIND THE PAINTED WARRIOR, GLANCING AROUND TO SEE A FEW FAMILIAR FACES. SHE NOTES THAT ONE FEMALE THINKS HERSELF THE GREAT ADVISOR TO HIM, AND INKHEART REALIZES SHE MET SAID FEMALE UPON HER ARRIVAL TO SOLTERRA. GOLDEN EYES NARROW, FOR SHE SEEMS TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE LARGE FEATHERED APPENDAGES ATTACHED TO THIS BODY AS WELL. SHE FLINGS THEM OUT DRAMATICALLY AND FLAPS THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT SPEAKS NO WORDS TO IDNICATE HER IRRITATION AT THE OVERSIGHT. HOWEVER, WORDS TO ADDRESS THE CONVERSATION AT HAND ARE NECESSARY. "I think, don't you, that this is more of a solo endeavor. Although we are all present, and can support each other, this is a competition to be the ruler. Your running commentary may not give him the chance to show himself in the best light." THE WORDS ARE TIGHT, CONDESCENDING, DRIPPING WITH DISTASTE AND DISAPPROVAL.
ALTHOUGH SHE HAD NOT ORIGINALLY MINDED THE PALE FEMME, THAT OPINION HAS COME TO CHANGE RATHER DRASTICALLY. THE OVER-EAGERNESS TO HELP MAXENCE MAKES NEITHER OF THEM MORE APPEALING TO HER, CERTAINLY NOT FOR A WOULD-BE RULER. THE BEND-OVER-BACKWARDS-FOR-YOU ATTITUDE WAS LIKE HAVING HER FEATHERS PICKED FROM HER ONE BY ONE. IF THIS CUNT DOESN'T SHUT IT, INKHEART HAS A MIND TO SHUT HER MOUTH FOR HER. AND THAT WOULD BE A KINDNESS.
