Kaj arrived as the Goddess pronounced Kahlua queen; she turned her silvery gaze to his golden form as he tried to laugh it off. Well, that simply wouldn't do. He was at her beck and call, and he ought to show her proper respect. "Oh, silly mortal, you'd do better not to lag behind in the future," she told him, her threat veiled behind a girlish giggle. But it was clear in her eyes that he was not to be pert with her. He offered more, though, thanking her for her blessing and protection. Even if it was not, strictly speaking, her first priority to keep an eye on them, she preened at his worshipful words, blessing him with a smile.
Her leonine tail flicked as Kahlua overcame her apparent awe and emerged from behind Kaj's mane. Though her own thanks were brief in comparison, they were choked out, and the Goddess was pleased that she could elicit such a fearful, awestruck response from the girl. "As for you, Queen, you would do well to make your own way. As handsome and silver-tongued as he is, your King is not your leader. You are equals, darling. Do act like it." With that, the Lady of the Night bowed her head to them. Light shone through the cracks in the rocks around them, and she dissolved before their eyes, fading into the moonlight and whispering upward through the ground, back into her own domain.
"Remember," her voice echoed through the cavern, "Your positions are mine. You serve me. Do not stray." And then, she was gone.
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