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Noctisardor Bypass was as unlike Blackfeather Woods as a location could be. Where the dark woods were comprised of small hills and thick tangles of foliage, the bypass was sprawling and sparsely wooded, but the hills rose high and fell far. It proved arduous terrain for the forest-born dwarf, who not only had to contend with the roiling temperament of the earth, but with the challenges it provided his squat body as well. As for exposure, Ramsay hardly noticed the sun on his rounded back. It was much brighter in the bypass, but he didn't think that was a bad thing. It was a nice change of pace, and it bizarrely made him think of Indra.

The boy had been troubled ever since the fight between Iliksis and Vaati without an adequate outlet for it, so it was a relief when Euron ran into him by chance. "Did you hear?" he asked his brother with a frown, but Euron was too quick to share his own news for that topic to go far. Ramsay's rounded ears flared upright when Cicero's name came up, and he indicated more with a flash of his eyes than anything that he was in agreement. There hadn't been any mention of Cicero among the adults, at least not that he'd overheard. Coupled with the jarring understanding that his elder brother was consumed with egomania, it didn't surprise him. It did bother him, almost as much as Vaati's change did. For Ramsay, Cicero was an important figure, and if the pack wasn't willing to look for him, then his offspring would pick up their slack.

"Dunno," he answered honestly. Their sister kept to herself or Kove more and more with each passing day, and the dwarf didn't concern himself as much with it. Maegi was still one of his two supports, but he knew he could count on her to always be there even without seeing her every day. Still, he smiled warmly and his short tail wriggled when she presented herself, even though her tone came across as less-than-enthused, and he shared that they were, "going to find Cicero. Coming?"