Noctisardor Bypass Tends to reach the same conclusion

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Word of packs he did not know well, but their names were somewhere in the space between his ears. Talk of alliances with packs they barely knew put a bitter taste on his tongue. Kaertok realized he did not know much about Ursus, either. Nor Easthollow. Had he been instructed to meet them? Was it an expectation he had failed or forgotten, just as he felt Arbiter had failed and forgotten him?

I did not, he replied. Since the children had been born, Kaertok had clung close to the bypass. His feet itched, and while Arbiter did not hate him (as far as he could gather), she remained indifferent about him. It was then that the seed dropped into the soil. All it would need was a little bit of water, a little bit of sunshine.

It sounds as they would be more receptive to a visit from you if one is in order, he suggested. Kaertok knew that he would be wary of a stranger, no matter who they said they were, showing up and talking on large matters like this.