Ravensblood Forest when i've achieved what i set out to achieve

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Her spoken assurance that she was confident that she could find a safe path up it served to satisfy the gangster. It was what he had wanted to hear if only because he did not think Chusi would forget about her (what he considered to be) reckless desire any time soon, wish as Arturo might. “Of course,” The gangster allowed with a dip of his head. “In the meantime, I will inform my daughter that I've found her an escort and that when you return with a safe path she may join you.” He was somewhat weary to put his daughter's life and safety in the paws of a wolf he did not know, one not of the Family but what was the point of his alliances if he did not treat them as Family? The alliance with Donnelaith was not as ...open as their alliance with Blackrock Depths but nevertheless Arturo did not deign to treat Deirdre's wolves any different than Skellige's.

“I very much thought so,” He offered when Muses then spoke of it being in their best interest to find a capable guide. He'd been trying to communicate that to Chusi but in teenage fashion she hadn't seemed to want to hear it. Yet, how could he let her climb a mountain alone? Just recently she couldn't even hunt for herself, and the more she acted like a child the less inclined Arturo felt to treat her like an adult. He did not desire to suffocate her but the more she rebelled the more he wanted to tighten his reign. She reminded him of Devin, who had always been a bit of a rebel but at least she had listened (but as she was Daddy's girl that hadn't been very hard to convince her to do). He wished that she remained in the Wilds, feeling that Chusi and Devin would get along very well. Yet, his eldest children had scattered to the four winds, hopefully making something of themselves.

Arturo was drawn back to the conversation at hand, studying her for another stretch of seconds. “Thank you,” The gangster offered with the utmost sincerity. “I appreciate this.” He drew his tongue across his jowls in contemplation. “Is there anything I can do to pay you back?” Because Arturo didn't like lingering in debt to others. That was bad business, after all.

The pair conversed for a little while longer before they parted ways. As Arturo finished up his patrol he hoped that Chusi would appreciate his effort to allow her, her freedoms all the while being the (perhaps over)protective dad that he was.

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