Jade Fern Grove sturdied up boulders and loosened the river

His response earned a slight tilt of her head, Mm. Only partially. It was how I was raised. But this region doesn't seem too in need of a proper army. I suppose that is both good and bad. Good because it kept things quiet, bad because there were certain wolves around that really should have been shaped into something rather than what they were -- she was thinking of that Easthollow youth that came to the borders.

Arbiter operated firmly on logic -- she didn't know him and thus there was no reason for him to be wary of anything in her eyes. So what was with the look? Interest or fear? She guessed the latter, but wouldn't make an assumption. He could be wary of treading on someone else's paws or something. She also still fully expected his own introduction once whatever demons she might have stirred up in him had settled again.