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She found the new scar as he spoke, but didn't have a chance to ask. Arbiter pulled back as he spoke. Blink. Pause. Dead? She had sort of mourned Terance already, but she had assumed he'd just left. How did this change things? Pike pulled her out of the thought and back to the story.

Arbiter was hard to read on a good day, but her feelings clouded it further. A moment of silence between them, before she reached out, sniffing the scar a moment before stepping forward to nuzzle her son. But you made it back. He protected you so that you could return. Or so was her assumption. It had been proven in more than one case that Terance was willing to throw himself into danger to protect another, and he certainly had the scars from it. Your father... was a good man. She caught herself before she needed to actually correct it.

She pulled back slightly to look at him again, You've done well for yourself. Arbiter indicated he should come with her. Having a conversation with her son at the border just seemed silly.