Ravensblood Forest journey before destination

Once she regarded him in the way that only a mother could, Guildenstern understood. This transition of thoughts did not reflect on his stoic features. The pallid beast of the north drew his head up and nodded softly. She had lost a child and she was fearful that she would lose another. Though, the way that she had forced her words on him had made it seem as though she had not lost her kin to death, but by the hands of another creature in the wilds. This was a terrible plague that he would never know the pain of. To a creature such as Guildenstern, the idea that life was impermanent was the only thing that truly made sense. Children and elders alike; they all roamed to the same dismal destination.
 
But, it seemed as though this woman might have had a job for him.
 
For a creature like Guildenstern, the idea of work was all that pushed him forward. He was a mercenary at heart. The pale beast had learned well the talents that he possessed, and there was nothing that could prevent him from completing the tasks that were assigned… if the reward was great enough. For, as much as he was a servant of the realm, he was also a terribly selfish brute. Fate had found a way to lure him toward good fortunes in the past. The looming northerner did not anticipate that he would find himself without the toil of what others could not accomplish. If this mad woman was searching for her kin, there was a chance that he could find them.
 
A cold blink fluttered the lids of his eyes. The soft silver of his foggy gaze lingered on her features for a moment before he shrugged in a disinterested manner. “I want nothing to do with your whelps,” Guildenstern informed her in a rough baritone that seemed to hitch against the back of his throat. If that was what had caused her to approach him in such a feverish frenzy, the knight wished to dispel any concern she had. Life was hard enough for a voyager. It would not have been wise for him to have collected young pups along his way. They would not have lasted long beneath the grueling miles of travel that he had endured. It was almost shocking that even he had emerged on the other side.
 
“I could find your pup for you. I have been hired for far more dangerous missions,” the towering brute then offered. There was a curious glint to his pale vision at the mention of it.