" The dancers are a crucial part of serpiente culture, not to mention a beautiful addition to any public area.”
“They may be important to the serpiente, but making their performances so accessible to our children just isn’t appropriate,” Lincon said. “Wouldn’t it make more sense for the dancers to remain in their nest, so the more impressionable of our…” He trailed off, because the room had suddenly gone very quiet around him.
A’isha flitted over to the avian man, wrapped in quiet anger. “Have we harmed you in some way while you have been here? Has one of my dancers offended you?”
Lincon pointed out, “It is not your hospitality I question, but your regard for propriety. I was propositioned within moments of entering your nest.”
A’isha chuckled, shaking her head. “You are a pretty man, and you walked in alone.”
Lincon cleared his throat. “I don’t think this is a laughing matter. "

― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes , Snakecharm (The Kiesha'ra, #2)