he had not seen wintersbane for some time, and in the moments between visiting his children, he searched for some semblance of scent for where the man had gone. inordinately tired, the eisen had assumed perhaps a visiting woman at the end of her season had taken his brother off, and put it to the side of his mind.
a patrol after he left nyx' den. mahler began to look at once for any bear spoor or pugmark of another beast, one that could threaten harm to his younger brood. thereafter he took up the helm of his quest for the other once more, finding only scentmarks fading from the places he had last seen the man.
perturbed, the gargoyle looped back to where wylla slumbered with their fledglings and the little chick that had come to roost therein. he gave a cursory glance over the entrance and surrounding area, deciding not to wake them since naught was amiss. another looping walk and the man wearily laid himself down to garner some few hours of sleep before the youngest woke.
if he had done this, it was to himself; mahler immediately began to search for the child when he became aware there was one departed from two. it was not long thereafter that the worried shadowpriest located astraeus, curved against the ground. sickened, mahler stepped forward and sought to nose over, seeking any sort of ill tang.