Ravensblood Forest the fat pelican

He hadn't imagined things to be the same, but he had hoped that the friendship they had forged was stronger than this. Perhaps he was wrong. Coming and going was a staple of Tartok life. He had known it since he was a whelp. His own family had left within months of him being born. But where— he broke off. She was already storming off, but she knew where she could find him. Now it was in her hands, as far as he was concerned. He had done what he had set out to do: to find her. To see if there was merit to what he had felt.

Kaertok still wasn't sure about the latter question, but perhaps after some time alone, she would decide. As for Kaertok, Arbiter had a surprise proposition waiting for him back at Legion which would likely throw a wrench at any chance of Raleska trusting him to any degree.