Phoenix Maplewood chapter three.

She appeared a little deflated, and Artyom wondered if perhaps she'd been fishing for a reaction from him. Hostility? Surely not, considering her run-in with the "white dragon". He blinked, unleashed, unwilling to make attempt at asserting dominance in a repeat of her last encounter in the maplewood.

"We are," he answered simply, certain she'd have sniffed them out by now if she had taken the time to map territory that she desired to claim. It was then that he considered presenting an opportunity to seek audience with Dawn, but decided against it; Uriel clearly wished for something to call her own. Artyom couldn't risk upsetting the balance he'd found in Whitebark with a potential challenger.