The woman kept uttering strange incomprehensible words.
"—and I know you could have us both killed and—" sniff "—I ACCEPT that but please just take ME and not—"
Aya started pulling at her hair. "Nobody is being KILLED—"
"—he doesn't even know how to READ yet, Luna, he's USELESS—" sniff "—he can't even do anything WORTH punishing, he's so small and dumb—"
"Stop calling your child dumb!"
"—your wolves must be searching at this point and—" sniff sniff "—and I KNOW you are wise and powerful and could crush us like the insignificant worms we are and your WISDOM is so vast and…"
The woman's voice wobbled on the word "wisdom" as if her mouth physically resisted saying it. Her teary eyes darted to the side for a fraction of a second, the way someone's eyes move when they are constructing a lie in real time and running out of building materials.
Aya immediately caught it.
'Hey!'
'Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, heyyyyyyyy!'
'What is that supposed to mean?!!!!'
