Everyone in the pack was doing their best to remain stoic in the face of the already dreadful allusions Hal-Neesa made towards their plan. Lunise was neither the least stoic nor the least practiced. She crossed her arms, staring with a soft frown down at the glistening heart hovering in front of her.

With a slow blink, Lunise looked at Hal-Neesa. "I'm not hungry," she said flatly.

Even if Lunise did not squirm as Neesa had perhaps been goading her to, there was a restraint to Lunise's reaction. It told the pack that she was taking Meesei's warnings seriously regarding Neesa's power.