Sleeping Dragon I'm going to WIN the heck out of that science fair!

"Essentially." It wasn't a full jab at the group, but it was a jab nonetheless. Xiuhcoatl's amused expression became a smirk, then. The guard had lost their charge, found their charge (damaged though he was), and had failed to return. Three very big slights against them. It made sense that the Beta would be sent out next; she desired results, and the only way to acquire them was to do the work herself.

"I do not run." The healer responded swiftly, her laughter briefly ringing out.

"Perhaps if you did, you would have caught my nephew sooner." Ah, but she was here to play nice. For a little while. She chuckled to herself - a painful sound, and one she did not make often - and relented. "But at least you did find him. It makes my job far easier."

Yes.. Because convincing a dimwitted boy that he belongs in a matriarchal pack of man-haters is an easy thing to do.