Sleeping Dragon Be the Wolf

i'm just going to be hideously vague all over the place

In the pursuit, everything happens quickly and escalates from there. Thuringwethil has him for a moment and Dio does not hesitate, aiming to rend the flesh of his haunches with all the momentum he brought packed behind it. But even that is only a fleeting moment, and the scramble of bodies is difficult to discern as more inevitably join. Dio does what he can, tasting blood and fur all while trying to mind a nearby ledge, even over the commotion stirred by this reckless Phoenix wolf.

Who, evidently, used the ledge to his advantage.

Dio sees this with a bloodied snarl and in the next beat, realizes the absence of a body. His eyes skim to the heda and he stalks along behind her by a handful of lengths. Only when he knows that she is not continuing the chase any longer does he begin to ease off. The trail had gone cold, but they knew where he'd go in the end.

He follows back to the borders and beyond without another word.