Morningside Cuesta the music's too loud

Her eyes didn't leave Kigipigak, even as she responded to Vex in the faintly singsong tone of someone repeating a quote that had been drilled into them, Being close to home just means you have less distance to drag yourself back, not that it is necessarily any safer than somewhere much farther away. Beyond the borders? Well, there was only so much Arbiter could do. It was why she wanted them to stay home, until she could be sure. Kigipigak himself also didn't impress her much, reminding her too much of Warlock, at least in terms of his response to her -- probably someone that could be pushed. She trusted her son because his reverence of her was also based at least partially in his own fears -- he would never step out of line. This guy? Wildcard. At their collected suggestion, her frown deepened, just for a moment.

There were certain times when Arbiter really might care about something being a lie or not. But this was one of those times where what they said did leave a rather nice and clean way for this to all work out -- in her favor, of course. So, she'd happily (ha) take it at face value. The fact it would in the end turn out to be actually a lie? Well, that was their problem to figure out now. Admit it? Change the story? She spoke to Haunt then, Then since he is your uncle, he already knows who to look for, and can go about his work much faster alone. You're well enough now we should be starting your fight training anyway, so we can do that while he's searching. Then at least if you do continue to insist looking for a man who doesn't give enough of a damn to keep the most basic of promises, let alone caring that his children might miss him, I at least won't be worried about you dying in the process. Sounds good, I agree. What? Did they expect her to just go along with her children going off with a stranger? Nah. She put her children's overall safety and ability to survive in the wilds above just about everything else. Even if for some reason this particular pair were being nearly unbearably frustrating to her.