The village leader seemed to be startled when she had said it was because of her looks. "No, no, no, my dear," he said. "I was going to banish you because of what your people had done to ours! And now your people, other than you, are not welcome inside the village. But you are a special case. You have one of our people who loves you! To us, love is more important than anything else!" The leader looked down at SilverFang, having noticed the look Lerline had given him. "Well, I think I'll let you two sort out things between you. Everyone back to your houses!" He made sure everyone went back to their respective houses and then went back to his in turn. Leaving the two alone. "Lerline," SilverFang said. "I... I'm sorry... I lost control... I didn't know what I was doing... It wasn't safe... For anyone... Including me..." He looked down at his feet.