Taryn drew the Twins closely to her. She knew better than to try to put them behind her. Tristan would fight to see anyway. She held her breath at the massive form of the strangely beautiful giantess. Taryn had never seen horns grow from any one's head and she wondered if they hurt.<br/><br/>"Did someone pound sticks in that lady's head?" Tristan asked loudly. Taryn hissed at him to be quiet.<br/><br/>Larkin put her paws out to the bunnies. Most of them huddled close to her but Kim,( of course the one who was Tristan's companion in mischief) dashed across the clearing, tapping the Oschen on her ankle before disappearing into the brush on the far side of the clearing. Thrashing and a startled yelp preceded Jax stepping into the clearing, holding Kim by one black ear.<br/><br/>"Beg pardon, ma'am," Jax said. He fixed his black eyes on his offspring with a gaze that clearly brooked no discussion.<br/><br/>The woman leaned over, putting her hands with the long shiny black nails on her hips. She was eye to eye with Kim now , sniffing him with her broad pink nose.<br/><br/>"If you slapped me on the ankle and I was to find out about it, I might be angry. What do you think of that, Bunny?" she asked,  in mock sternness.<br/><br/>"I'm not Bunny, I'm Kim," he said stoutly, squaring his shoulders the best he could with his father holding his ear.<br/><br/>"Kim, I'm Ituha, priestess of the Oschen." she said in seriousness and respect.<br/><br/>"Oh? you're a priestess? I'm, "the black and white bunny gulped," I'm sorry to have hit you. Don't make our blood boil. Just me, if you have to, I was just playing with Tristan," Kim pointed toward the gloaming, " whoever is brave can count coup. We don't kill anyone or anything that way, but we get points."<br/><br/>The Oschen nodded her curly head, gravely, as if his words were of great importance. She considered  carefully.<br/><br/>"And who is Tristan?" she asked him.<br/><br/>"He is my bestest friend and he is a twin. His daddy is Raschen and he has a long tail and." Kim began.<br/><br/>Jax cleared his throat, trying to stop his chattering offspring from divulging sensitive information.<br/><br/>"Your son? you have twins?" Ituha stood erect, turning to Raschen. "I had not heard that you had taken a mate."