Morningside Cuesta the music's too loud

Kigipigak made a valiant effort, yet Arbiter wouldn't stand for any of it. She veritably roared at him, causing Haunt to flinch. She went very stiff when her mother then turned toward herself and Vex, bracing herself for a verbal lashing. But Arbiter's tone softened, still rife with frustration but nowhere near as aggressive as she tried to make her children understand her take on these matters.

The salient point about their ages was met with a blink, simply because it didn't make any sense to Haunt. Arbiter's mention of Royal didn't invite any particular emotion from the young huntress either, though her muzzle twitched in Vex's direction when it evoked a snappy retort from him. Her own lips parted when a thought suddenly hit her and she squinted.

"She could come too, if she wanted," Haunt said slowly, still parsing out the implications of Arbiter's questions, "or we'll see her when we get back." Her tail gave a twitch. It suddenly seemed incredibly necessary to point out, "We're not leaving Legion forever." She paused. "What we deserve is answers." Because that "likely" was probably the case but none of them could know for certain without finding Kaertok and the truth.

Her eyes tracked to Kigipigak, something unreadable in her expression, before glancing at Vex and finally back toward Arbiter. "Send someone else with us, then. We'll have two adults to look after us." Haunt wondered what the Legate would make of this compromise. "And if you're right and he abandoned us on purpose, we'll come right back to let you know," she finished a little gruffly, "so you can kill him."