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Svanna had just been finishing up her early evening meal when she heard it, it would be difficult for one who didn't have her acute hearing to NOT hear this. It was, faint singing and the clatter of hooves, not talons...hooves. She was on high alert now, how had someone who was not of the Flock gotten in the network of caves that served as her home~!? No matter...She slunk forward, the singing getting louder as she closed the distance between her and the stranger. She could not see well, but in the darkness of the caves she had grown up in, she was as much of a harpy huntress as any other, knowing every inch of this place by heart. She peered around a corner, holding her breath and keeping her talons on the softest parts of the ground so whoever it was would not hear her approach....She saw a shape, blueish in color, and something on it's back, wings? A stallion by the timbre of his voice...What was such a loud male doing in this place? Even Flock captured males were not allowed in these caves....She narrowed her eyes behind her veil...she had never actually encountered another outside of these caves, she was naturally suspicious of them in fact, but she was not as her sisters, and did not capture or enslave random outsiders to her will....she was a priestess in training, and had much more important things to do at the present moment. She stepped out cooly, a good couple feet away from the stallions position. " Hold there stallion, what are you doing in these caves?" she asked, holding her head high as she was taught. Looking down upon the other.

He had gotten close enough to get a decent look at the stallion through her veil, with what eyesight she possessed she saw that he was a curious sort, with feathery wings and a single spiraly horn that had sprouted from his forehead. She had expected him to be terrified, but nothing quite like this! She stood slightly dumbfounded as the stallion named her a spirit and fell all over himself attempting to get away. She fought not to laugh, what an odd male INDEED, all Flock males in her area knew of her existence now, and knew of course that she was no spirit, oh what would the Great Mother say about that? She was amused by the thought but nonetheless, she was in an odd predicament, she had no desire to "capture" a male, especially one who thought her a ghost of all things! " Look closely, I am sure your eyesight is better than mine stallion. I am no spirit, I breathe, blood flows through my veins" She raised an eyebrow " surely you know where you are exploring? Have you no fear of being caught by the Flock?" She questioned simply, walking nearer to where he had crumpled to the floor.

Svannas eyes narrowed into pink slits behind her veil, she didn't like his tone, perhaps it would have been better to keep him believing that she was some sort of specter " I am not a "chickie" or any other silly nickname you may come up with stallion" she said calmly, though her voice had strayed into the colder areas of speech, indicating her displeasure, her sisters would have already captured and punished him accordingly for his sass " We are not "birds" stallion, we are Harpies, and any who live anywhere within our grasp know well to fear us. We are well known for capturing males you know, for the Flock is ruled by females. You are actually lucky" She shrugged, her feathers whispering in the quiet of the cave " I am a priestess of the Flock, and have no interest in capturing one as silly as you." She flared her nostrils " Though I should bring you anyway, simply for finding this place. Though you do not seem much of a threat to me either." She smiled

Svanna sneered, though it did not fit her nature most times, she could pretend to be as brash as any other Harpy huntress of the Flock. " Oh it may sound exciting to you stallion, but you are the lowest of the low once you are captured, a pet, breeding stock for new generations, the dirt below our talons." She tossed her feathery mane " But perhaps that's something you need, you seem to be off in the head, the spirits will surely attempt to fix you...attempt..." She sniffed " But if that's what you REALLY desire, i can take you to meet my...sisters" She smiled , her eyes glittering behind her veil, this may be a good chance for her to prove herself, a little dorky gift for her sisters, they would look favorably upon her for bringing in a male, much more so that she wanted no part of him.

While she was known for being the patient and understanding sister, Svanna was in no way, shape, or form going to let a male sass her. She raked in front of her with a lethal claw, her mane of feathers bristling " I do not, and you will quickly learn your place in the ranks male." She said, her voice still the same tone, but obviously not to be argued with. " I am a priestess, and thus have other things to bother with than silly males who do not know the way of our world." She huffed " My sisters would make mince meat of you and drag you to our queen had you just barged in somewhere else you know." She glowered at him through her veil " I can either call them to rough you up, OR I could take you there myself, you get less injured that route." She flicked an ear " The spirits seem to say you are not a bad sort, but you certainly have an attitude. What is your choice stallion?"

She grunted at his horrid humor, oh he would find out soon enough that it was not all fun and games where Harpy females were concerned, they did not treat their males BADLY, but it was a female run organization, and he would learn quickly. She was simply a small mare who listened to the spirits more than the song of battle that seemed prominent in the veins of her sisters. " I am not a spirit" She huffed, and turned on her talons, not bothering to make it easy for him to rile her " You will be a decent present for the Flock when they break you of those horrible manners" she mused aloud, walking without looking back, able to hear him and his annoying steps easily. " You will be my first capture, but you are much too irritating to be MINE, I've more class than that. Hopefully someone will make some use of you." She scoffed and lead him through the network of tunnels that would pan out to the main Flock lands.