Dragoncrest Cliffs good lord, what would that sound like without love.

wanlida and heda do not have to wait long before the trio launches into an explanation and while eske was not sure whom would start explaining why they bore injuries though she is surprised that instead of artaax — whom had been the one to make the initial call — furi is the one to break the silence. eske's second explains that she found arrille and that she'd taken it into her own paws to figure out why he left ...but of course their story didn't end there. initially, it did not sound all that bad on it's own but she continues to mention that the wolves of the sound showed up to protect the boy. blixen jumps in then, letting on that she couldn't understand why they were protective of him but wanlida did. he'd given them valuable information in regards to drageda but while in doing so has proven himself a traitor. it only makes sense to eske to want to coddle and protect him at all costs, to nurture him and make him feel like he belongs so that he does not, in turn when someone better comes along, turn on them. of course, that might not be the case at all but that is eske's perception of it, at least.

wanlida kept her thoughts to herself, however. it didn't really matter why the wolves of the sound protected him other than that they did and that this might very well bode ill for drageda. they'd settled on their doorstep which didn't settle all that well with the drakru wolves to begin with and the children went and stirred up unnecessary drama. eske knows that furi's intentions had been good, had been with drageda in the forefront of her mind and she is so glad that her second finally feels at home enough to confront a traitor about why he had done what he'd done to the place that had taken him under their wing and sheltered him but she knows that the road to hell is always paved with the best of intentions.

she is concerned about this development and wanlida does nothing to conceal it as heda spares her a glance. as her commander prodded for more information from the trio eske takes her time processing it and attempting to strategize what it may mean for drageda and their options on what might be done about this unwelcome growth on their doorstep.