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While they didn't have a true answer, Elwood was happy to agree with Finley on this matter. He just couldn't imagine Towhee forcibly removing her older brother -- verbally or physically -- from the pack, especially without first consulting her godparents. And until some sort of evidence presented itself, he was content to give her the benefit of the doubt. Innocent until proven guilty, right?

With that settled, they needed to figure out what they were going to do about Nightjar's abrupt absence. Part of him wanted to put together a search party to go looking for him, but their numbers had waned and they were only just beginning to recover from the shortage of prey. Would it make sense to send their best hunters out to track him? He didn't particularly like his own reasoning, but he didn't necessarily think so.

"I'll keep an eye out for him when I'm patrolling, and we can tell Towhee to watch for him too, since she spends a lot of time near the borders," he said. After a pause, he added, "And we hope for the best."