Ouroboros Spine The reception fades, the signals breaking up.

Hope its ok to imply he snuck in and out, i can change it if not!

He came to the village without knowing it was empty. It took some time before the reality sank in.

The scents were strong. He found the scent of the witch easily enough and knew he was not in the wrong place. Yet he waited until nightfall and saw no patrols, heard no howls; the place felt filled with ghosts.

Across the boundary and up, went Glaukos. He brought with him a rabbit freshly killed, letting it bleed a trail wherever he went. When he reached the familiar sleeping place of @Kukutux, he placed it where her head might rest.

Then, wordlessly, he stared down at it until something urged him to leave. His path wound back the way he had come. Tucked inside the belly of the rabbit was the totem he had once stolen: a tusk, still muddy from where he had unearthed it.

Glaukos met the village limits eventually and continued on without looking back - he had places he must be.