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Ishi. He felt a tinge of pain at the mention of him. Mordecai did not think that the hope of him coming back to them alive was high, given everything else he had attributed the cougar of doing to them. It had cost them Ilya, potentially Luke too, and the list went on and on. But he understood the necessity to be certain, as to abandon on of their own would surely spell out death for them.

So even with her unsteady decision, he nodded in agreement. They had made it this far, so a little waiting would not spell total disaster for them. But he knew as well as she did there would be a tipping point, when their survival would outweigh the wait. "C'mon," he said, nudging her back towards the den. She needed rest, and the kids would be a welcome distraction for the both of them.