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The offer seemed to excite him, and it quelled any feelings of regret Bazi might have had about leading him astray. She offered the child a firm nod. For all she knew, there were still bears in the woods; the alpha pair had tracked a relatively fresh trail only days prior. A thorough search of the area had revealed nothing - no den, no tracks, no droppings.

Whatever Jorunn saw, Bazi missed completely. She let him lead the way, and was focusing her frown on the uneven path beneath their paws when Morran lumbered into and out of sight in the same split second, melting into the trees like the shifting light. But the pup doubted himself, and without a second pair of eyes to corroborate his story, no alarm was raised. In the next instant, Bazi was distracting his mind with questions as the pair strode swiftly in the direction of the forest's border. "What do you do if you spot someone close to the edge of the forest?" she asked, keen to find out if he was the 'meet and greet' sort. Neither Bazi nor Scimitar was particularly well-suited to that kind of interaction, lacking the natural charm required to entice new joiners.