Blacktail Deer Plateau preparing for winter

A flicker of some emotion passed over Grezig-- was it annoyance? Rue was definitely beginning to regret interrupting the Beta. The last thing she ever wanted was to impose upon one of the Blacktail Deer Plateau leadership, especially when they had been kind enough to take her in before the impending winter. 

Grezig went on to describe Illidian as "a boy," as spoke of him as if Rue already knew what he looked like. It began to dawn upon the silver that Grezig was talking about the reclusive young man who was only really even seen at night, curled up with one of the leaders (usually Grezig). It had taken Rue a minute to get up to speed because she had assumed that Grezig was the young man's --Illidian's-- family. 

Rue felt a little silly for falling prey to assumption. No wonder Grezig had seemed annoyed, since she was apparently speaking with an idiot. Rue's brow knit as Grezig finished describing the wolves they sought. It certainly wasn't much information to go by; Rue would have thought that there would be much more -- names and places, to start... If the boy wished to return home, why would he give them so little information with which to work? 

Perhaps the trauma explained some of the missing information. Rue nodded empathetically. "I'll do my best," she promised, nodding again to confirm that she would bring the information straight to Grezig. The Beta seemed to have hardened for some unexplained reason, and her sentences were coming out more like commands rather than requests. Grezig was Beta, and however she wished to speak to Rue was certainly her perrogative, but Rue herself would never have taken such a tone with someone who had just finished offering to help her. 

The final order was quite unnecessary, and the fact that Grezig felt the need to speak it at all felt derogatory. Of course Rue would inform an alpha if she planned to be away for any amount of time.  Rue took in a quiet breath, tail switching as it often did when she was annoyed (a habit of which she was unaware). She kept her face carefully blank, despite the insult she felt. "Of course," she said quietly, gaze dropping. She turned as if considering departure, but belatedly remembered that she hadn't yet delivered her report. "You might try asking Lily, or someone else from Elysium. They just move into the willows across the mountains to the northeast." There, mission accomplished. She drew in a conclusive breath, waiting to be dismissed.