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Arbiter continued her abrupt speech, and pointed glance towards Vex, You are not old enough! And that bit was not up for discussion. She left no breathing room before continuing, Then stay with me. I can't chase you both. Now come--- She'd started moving forward after Haunt, but then froze at the approaching noise. Her ears perked up and she looked that way. Oh? Haunt was being returned to them?

His dragging Haunt back didn't bother her at all, at least on paper. She deserved it. Arbiter slowed, features shifting to be more neutral, thinking all this was over. Hell, Arbiter might have praised him had things ended there. Except then the fool of a daughter decided to try to flee or whatever the hell her issue was. Crack!

For the first second or two it was like it hadn't even processed -- she just knocked the wind out of her, whatever. She probably deserved it. Except no -- she was actually out. Arbiter gawked, outright. She was very rarely a wolf to ever be caught off-guard and this was one of those times. Uh. What even just happened and was Haunt not waking up to bite off his nose? What? It was probably one of those feels-like-forever-but-was-actually-less types of moments.

Click. The first clue he'd best move was the crinkling of her muzzle, followed by the growl as she moved forward. Arbiter was not a size or shape that was made for sprinting, so he had a couple more seconds to move the hell away from Haunt before she got there. She would bite him if he lingered within reach when she got there, but her priority was to check Haunt herself -- even though Arbiter was no medic, she still wanted to see what the hell happened. Instinct said to protect and care for her pups and she didn't know that guy at all, or what the hell he'd maybe done to make Haunt so eager to get away from him. Back up. Had she known him as a person perhaps she'd have done exactly as he wished, but again, he was some stranger. An ear was on the now three -- where did the other come from -- wolves, the other ear on Vex, her nose and eyes on Haunt. Arbiter didn't touch her, and assuming Vex came along, she'd say to him quietly but sternly, Don't touch her, as well.