Raven's Watch and as a black hand swept across the earth

ohay, long time no thread! <3

Seconds turn into moments that ticked by unknowningly; he heard nothing but the wind and the thunder that rumbled off over the valleys to his back. A knot of tension rolled itself through him, laced with concern and in its depths, frustration. He didn't blame Pippin for taking off. It seemed an appropriate response to what had happened and thankfully such an event was something Mordecai knew none of his children were accustomed to. No, instead their lives this year had been rife with discomfort of another sort and it lingered like the fungus that grew in many of the cavern walls.

Just when he thought enough time had passed that he needed to move on and continue his search, he heard the voice. He turned to seek out the owner and was met with a creature that was every bit as thin as they were ragged. Had it not been for the rain, Mordecai would have ascertained that they belonged somewhere, but his immediate thought was that they were a vagrant seeking shelter where the trees provided it.

His head dipped in greeting, but he made no move to close in the distance between them. He'd take the approach—maybe they'd have some morsel of information to give.