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Why would her interactions with a firebird be of concern to anyone? Aselia thought wildly. "I doubt a firebird could cause me any harm. I have no intentions of handling or attempting to tame such a creature. I want to know for myself what it looks like what it can do. Not that you need concern yourself with such affairs. You should be more concerned with yourself. Traveling out here on what appears to be your own. Do you not fear the earthlings?" Tilting her head to the side Aselia continued to regard V'demhe carefully. "Or, is it that you have instilled enough fear in them that they no longer try to harm you?"

Her answer to that question would be quite interesting Aselia was certain of that. Giving a humming sound of interest at the mention of hostility between the Alkidikes and earthlings. Yes she knew about these, she had known about it for some time now. It had started in Andile, where they worked hard to drive out the earthlings and tainted Alkidike from the area. She was aware some had sought refuge in Ast. Their next target. It was interesting however that V'demhe would bring it up only to stop part way through her conversation. How rude.

Folding her arms across her chest Aselia twitched an eyebrow but remained otherwise unmoved by V'demhe's strange personality. "I have no need to ask for anyone's services." Giving a slight lift of her finger Aselia tapped it against her arm. "Tell me, have the sisters gotten as far as Ast yet? Have they driven out a good portion of the earthlings? And what of the 'others' that reside there?"

Flicking her antenna almost joyfully at first Aselia was pleased to hear another sister agreed that earthlings should stay off the isle and away from Aisha. Yes that was one of her goals, to bring back the pure traditions and strengthen her sisters as a whole. To let the earthlings know it was the Alkidikes land, not land they could easily walk on whenever they felt like.

V'demhe's answer about Aisha and acceptance had a spark igniting inside the Mystic. Aisha was to kind to others, accepted to many, she was going to completely annihilate her own creations at the rate she was giving birth to 'others'. A few Aselia could tolerate, some like Rishima had their loyalties and their strengths that could add to the sisterhood. There were however others, so far removed from the Alkidike blood it was a wonder it still showed on their bodies. Those were the ones that should never be allowed to approach aisha. Never be allowed to plead for a child with another earthling.

"You're right, I could have plucked lotus' from blooming. But at a great cost to myself and Aisha. I have no intention of causing the great mother any harm. I do however desire to prevent such circumstances. For as you said, they should stay off the isles and leave Aisha be. Our mother is too kind to those she isn't mother too. And I will protect mother." For now however she had a greater desire to search out this Suruhama, to learn more about it in hopes of finding out more about herself. Who was this sister to question her!?

Narrowing her gaze as the younger Alkidike continued to speak Aselia's hands reacted on their own. Swinging up she pulled her bow from her shoulders, knocking back an arrow in the quiver she was quick to pull the string taught aiming strait for V'demhe. "You have no say over who is Mystic and who is not! Aisha is soft, and our traditions have weakened because Eshe has allowed us all to grow lax against the earthlings on our boarders. I refuse to let that continue to happen."

Pausing a moment laughter broke from the Mystic. This girl was contradicting herself. Gathering herself together as she lowered her aim Aselia's eyes glinted as she looked the other Alkidike over. "If you respect so much the choices Aisha makes regarding the 'others' then why question who she chooses as a Mystic?"

Glaring at the sister who had turned away she watched. Waiting for the next move. Popoie gave several whistled in the canopy as she too watched on with interest.

"You are the one that has been poisoned." Aselia snarled, "Do you not respect our traditions? Will you bend over and allow the earthlings to corrupt our lands? Jauhar belongs to us, and because we have been so lenient with the crystal crawlers they had surged to our shores. Defiled our great mother, and have even regarded us on lower grounds than them. We are a powerful nation of people, do you not have pride in who you are? In who you were born to be?"

Repositioning her aim Aselia's voice rose in volume. "I am the extremist! I oppose those who would harm our great Mother! I oppose the weakening of our people, and the defilement of our lands. I oppose the wars the Earthlings continue to create that we are constantly pulled into. I oppose our scattered minds. We were once a proud and strong people!" Clearly this sister was siding with the wrong group, and would not be a good candidate for her cause. No this one had been tainted somehow. But how.

Snorting as a thought came to her Aselia's face grew dark. "Don't tell me you have fallen so far as to find love among the crystal crawlers. Among the shifters."

Was this Alkidike stupid? Blind maybe? "Your pride is misplaced Prentice. So far so you've even taken your mothers weapons." Aselia was only guessing at the fact based on previous conversations with V'demhe and her mothers blades. With how much she had wanted to follow her mother, if memory served her correctly. Wasn't it obvious she was working to become the next leader? As it was Eshe was still the voice, all that Aselia could do was sit in on meetings. She wasn't allowed to talk and even then, it would be likely Kadriye next before herself. It was far fetched to think that unless something happened to the other two She herself would not assend to becoming the true leader of her people.

That didn't mean she wasn't going to work hard to do everything she could to keep her people safe, together, united and maintain their traditions. The traditions that had made them strong in the first place. Narrowing her gaze Aselia adjusted her aim against V'demhe. V'demhe thought herself attracted to her? What a laugh, no one was attracted to a mystic that wasn't meant to be, let alone one that carried markings so different from the rest. She didn't even look like the two older Mystics. A smirk appeared on her lips as she glared at the Alkidike. Completely ignoring Maha, she had no interest in the creature. Popoi could tend to that. Her Kinfa was powerful and battle ready.

"From the way you talk, you act like someone who isn't interested in her own kind unless they had something different about them." Aselia was frank as she spoke. "So if shifter skin bothers you but you're attracted to me. Then you must have fallen for a tainted 'other'." What other possible explanation was there? It's possible it could be another tribe of earthling but if that was the case... would V'demhe not have corrected her on the subject?

Aselia's gaze stubbornly held onto V'demhe. Snorting at the way she spoke. "It's a shame you can't be moved in your idea's A tide is coming V'demhe and you're playing on the wrong side of it." V'demhe's question made the Mystic smile. "Would you like me to shoot?" Aselia was stubborn and refused to back down to any situation V'demhe may be taunting her but that didn't mean she had to react one way or another. A small sphere of red light shimmered on the tip of her arrow. Fire was starting to mingle with the arrowhead as her anger burned in her heart. Why would a youngling who had once wanted her advice now stand against her. Had she lead her astray, into places that had tainted her?

No, it was that hybrid that had shifted her position and poisoned her. Just like they had been poisoning so many of her sisters. It was unforgivable.

"You can't be on Aisha's side and allow the earthlings to dominate her. She needs us to protect her!" Aselia snapped, "you are willingly condemning Aisha!?" Eye's narrowed on the confrontation before her. It wasn't like she hadn't expected some sisters to want to stand against her, but she hadn't expected them to be so intense in their devotion to the hybrids. Had being in Jauhar for so long weakened her fellow sisters.

A slim smile spread as she laughed. "Then you shouldn't ask if I plan to shoot you or not little bird. You would do best returning home to Aisha before it grows to late."