Blacktail Deer Plateau Despair has its own calms.

He catches her sigh, but isn't offended. She's the right age for him, but not the right gender. He has had relations with a woman before, but it didn't turn out well for either of them, or even the child they created. 

He doesn't know her well, but he knows that she would not fit in at Blackfeather Woods. The sight of the Woods was enough to deter the softhearted. They rarely had any one like her come to their borders. Those who did were either captives or were using that as some kind of facade. We are, but we are very religious — spiritual, really. Advancing in the ranks requires conversion,