Dragoncrest Cliffs and the sky is gray

she's frustrated in a way not even mallaidh can soothe, spending her days pacing the border anxiously. ephraims whereabouts are a vague thing at the time of this thread so something about ephraim is also weighing on her, what specifically, stay tuned to find out. in any case: bad all around. she is glad verx is alive, less glad that by all metrics, they need to retaliate against the sound for this injury -- otherwise it will be clear how ... fuck, how messed up it all is right now.

there is something else on her mind, but she doesn't want to think about it yet. not until rose's call, anyway -- which summons her quickly, worried, at first, that some new terrible thing has happened. but rose doesn't look hurt, only pensive. "what is it?" she asks, getting right to the point (probably without waiting for dio, sorry bud).