In Bringia, Ma Yangfa was with Mira on a bed, with her using his left arm as a pillow and playing with the hair on his chest. She took a deep breath and spoke. “Things went rather well, everything considered. Except for those discussions about territories and rights of hunt, and Settlements in the borders of each Clan.”
“Well, it could probably go better if you didn’t pierce the hand of the Ban Clan Leader. Not that she didn’t deserve it, but it took her a while to concentrate on the meeting. She was giving you some angry looks instead of hearing what everyone was saying.”
Mira pulled a bunch of Ma Yangfa’s chest hair while asking, “You think I should have let it slide, the way she was talking about you? She was lucky I didn’t knock her out!”
“Ouch! Okay, okay! Knocking her out would, f
