Gilded Bay strength before weakness

The answer was as vague as any he had received before. It did not surprise the stoic man that his sibling would refrain from providing any further details. Truthfully, Guildenstern did not much care why Rosencrantz had found himself a place that he believed he could settle into. For all that it was, the wilds where they stood were nothing to criticize. The varying terrain and life would provide those who lived there with an exceptional means of hunting and thriving. If he wasn’t so inclined to continue his vagabond lifestyle, there was a chance that even the distant Guildenstern could have found a place for himself. There had been several packs that he had passed through – had worked for – that he had thought about remaining with. Those things rarely panned out for him.
 
“I have found that larger packs will offer greater reward to those who are capable of completing the tasks they assign,” the pale looming knight remarked in an even tone. Though, that might not have mattered as much to Rosencrantz. Guildenstern had never really thought about what it was that inspired his brother to pledge himself to other groups – temporary or not – and wasn’t sure that he desired to know the reasons his sibling took it upon himself to delve in with loners. It could have been a simple reason. Regardless, it did not matter to the stoic knight of a man.
 
As Rosencrantz went on to describe the group he had pledged himself to, Guildenstern could not help but to think on the words that were used. He was not certain that he had ever heard his sibling describe someone the way that he had described the leader of the island pack. There was a moment in which the pale beast wondered if his brother had found a mate in this woman. Something in him wished to meet her, if only to see what it had been that had drawn the elusive Rosencrantz to their numbers. “How very noble of you,” the gruff beast stated, though his tone was far from impressed. “Is this how you lost your eye? Fighting for your new liege?” In this question, it seemed that a pointed query had been made in regard to Rosencrantz’s missing piece.