Neverwinter Forest and i wish i’d known that you were bleeding while i sat and watched you reading

*holds out for that AU where Mal recruits them to NWF*

merrick’s blackbird returned, and the boy’s words echoed in the crone’s mind — she is all i have. well you best hold tight then, dear. people have a way of just up and disappearing on you. she would be the expert — how many times had someone just left her to die?

caiaphas watched astara silently, a wry tinge of amusement gracing her battleworn features as the girl made it a point to sweep past her. merrick was given most of the fruits of astara’s labor — caiaphas picked over the rest as astara deposited in front of her the sap crusted presence of a pine cone.

a pine cone. for a moment it seemed the crone was enraged — yet then laughter pealed from her lips. this one was fresh — and if caiaphas was smart, she ought not trust her offerings at all.

caiaphas was about to comment on the boldness of merrick’s silent companion when a summoning howl laced from the pine top. her ears flew forward, a grave expression dousing her dark muzzle. you may want to hide. take your girl with you. someone has seen us. in my experience it’s best to kill loose lips. will she know what to do? her expression grew dark with bitterness — to be attacked out of the blue and then soused out of the woods like a pair of rats smoked from a tunnel — well, it went without saying neither of them were having a good day. let’s go.