The Sentinels let me explain

I'll fade here and archive? :D

There was nothing more to discuss - or rather, Eigma worried that the gull would expire before the children could attempt anything with it. So when Lasher spoke those words she took them as the final bit of the conversation, nodded softly, and departed. She would head back to the beach for further scouting - or maybe to the fringes of the territory, with the hope of scaring up a hare or a small bird that was still drowsy from the chill of winter.