Dragoncrest Cliffs make like a tree and shelter a bunch of birds

His guess was incorrect, which left Ty's pack on the Plateau, unless some other, third pack has sprung up suddenly. He finds that doubtful - already there are so many in close quarters, he hopes another would not be foolhardly enough to try and stake a claim. 

Choupinou asks if he would be willing to accompany her down the coast. This friend must mean a lot to her. He thinks briefly of Maribelle and then doesn't. "Of course," he murmurs, gently tapping her on the nose with his own, "any time you'd like." (Little does he know he will be pulled soon from Drageda's borders for a different sort of mission, but that is neither here-nor-there.)