The Sentinels let me explain

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aria had been gone for some time following the attack on donnelaith, and lasher feared for her. he had faith in the young beta's intelligence, that she had not gone traipsing in search of the ruffians, but if the beach was now an inhospitable place, she must not go there. each day he waited upon the borders, but taltos would only allot a amount of time yet before he must go to search for her. 

as the sun began to pull its coverlets o'ertop itself, nuzzling into the far cliffs to find its night-bed, taltos watched eigma return and pad over the borders, mouth filled with things he could not see from here. despite his worry over the pale sylph, amusement sparked in the druid, and he stepped to meet her.

a gull flapped weakly on the loam, its wing dragging, its breast bloodied. lasher peered curiously at it before his attention was taken by the yellow star object. eigma sniffed around the pair, and the alpha rocked back upon his haunches, quiet until she had finished her inspection.