Northstar Vale but if you close your eyes

reckoning with the aftermath of his and queenie's affair is... complicated. if nothing else their decision and the... consequences of that decision offer him a way to look beyond his feelings for mato, a sort of shuttering of that particular window, if only for now. he hasn't really started to process what the, uh, arrival is going to mean for him - for them -- for now he decides to do his best to keep it all together.

it works about half the time. alarian's call sounds frantic -- alarmed, the morwinyon hastily makes his way toward the borders. queenie's beat him there (a dependable merc as always), and he nudges her as he comes close, eyes going right to oh wow that's a lot of blood.

"what happened?" he asks, eyes wide as saucers. he caught the tail-end of alarian's words -- cobwebs? right -- and glances at queenie, mouthing cobwebs sort of helplessly. outloud he says, "can you -- find some, queenie?" trying to keep his voice level. he's really had quite enough of injured wolves near death on his border thanks!!!