Jade Fern Grove sturdied up boulders and loosened the river

An odd duck. That was about all Arbiter could pin down. She thought she'd had a handle on who he was but things seemed vague now. But the more it dragged on, the less important it seemed to be in the long run. He wasn't going to be a recruit. She didn't have the desire to try and untangle the mess of a wolf -- she just didn't have the inspiration to try and help some stranger that needed as much work as he did. Someone else who pitied him would have a jolly old time with it, she was sure. There was always someone out there wanting to help lost causes.

He was leaving anyway. Whatever the guy's name was. Arbiter guessed she wouldn't see him ever again, so she wasn't going to press him for an answer to the question he hadn't answered earlier. He'd flee off into whatever nightmare he had since he didn't want shelter in her ranks. So it goes. She dipped her head slightly. Fair travels, was her only reply. Unless he had a change of heart, she'd head home then, aiming her path more directly to the Bypass. Other things to plan, other things to do.