Yes. Swallowing his pride is exactly what Zjeena wants Liland to do. It's the adult, mature thing to do. It's what good leaders do to avoid making enemies with every other herd leader in the immediate vicinity. If their herd is to know safety, they can't surround themselves with enemies.
Now Zjeena's ears pin back. Fresh tears stream down her face, hot with rising anger. "You?" She half shouts. "You can't heal without making someone else suffer? That is the most selfish thing I have ever heard!", she spits.
"And I'll heal no problem?" She shakes her head, still reeling in disbelief. "You speak as if I haven't been hurt, hurt by YOUR actions, Liland." The words spill from her now. All the feelings weighing her down for the past year and a half tumble out her mouth. "First, you leave the bay, and move us all to the desert without asking anyone else about how they feel, but I follow you anyways. I remain loyal, and deal with the heat, and the dehydration, while I carry your children. You fight with another stallion, and I get stolen because of it. What do you do? Steal a different mare for payback and leave me there! You worried about getting your land back before coming for me. It's because of you, that I was stuck in Paradise so long, raising our children ALONE." Zjeena sucks in a breath and continues. "Eventually I find a way back to you from Paradise. YOU didn't get me out of there. I had to do it. Were you ever coming for me? I don't know, but here I am. I STILL came back." Her voice fades and the next phrase comes out a low growl. "Is this the punishment I get for remaining loyal to you after all the bullshit you've put me through?"
The mare shakes her head again, her ears still pinned with rage, tears streaming down her face, and her eyes darkened by grief. She takes another step back. "This isn't just Rougaru's child, Liland. This is my child. You would separate me, who you claim to love, from my own child? Or else condemn another mare to rape to soothe your own ego?"
Zjeena takes another step back, widening the distance between them. Her body trembles through waves of emotion, and her nostrils flare with hurried breaths. "I never knew this side of you, Liland. This is not the Liland I fell in love with. Does he even exist anymore?"