Noctisardor Bypass the means of obtaining celestial honours

because the stranger did not announce himself, so did mahler keep silently to the threshold and wending green shadows of rivenwood. no trespasser had entered the bypass, not yet, and broad paws carried him along familiar and tiny footpaths, until he came to the stoneway.
then and only then did the gargoyle show himself, silent and impassive as if carved from the very rock himself. lilac gaze flicked over the stranger, noting strength and build, and seeing the intractable way in which the other stood. he was quiet, a sentinel who saw challenge in the existence of other man, this one no exception.