Sun Mote Copse whispering her wishes to the threads

I think Grigory is inactive? I can't see the title for some reason. Going to skip him for now, but jump back in if you want!

@Antha and the stranger came into view, and Veteran realized he had smelled the man before he actually saw him. The closer he drew, the more potent the musty, sour smell became. Now, Veteran loved to roll on stinky things just as much as any other boy, but there was such a thing as taking it too far. How could the man even talk to Antha, in such a state? Wasn't he embarrassed? 

Veteran couldn't put a paw on exactly what bothered him about the man (other than the smell) but his whole bearing was off in a way that put Veteran on edge. And what was with that comment about Antha being pretty, hmm?? She was pretty-- very pretty. So pretty that Veteran's ears burned when she looked at him straight on, with those storm-blue eyes framed in summer sunbeams. But that wasn't something that you could just say right out loud like that. 

This grimy, weirdo stranger didn't get to call Antha pretty. 

"Antha.. Issorartuyok and Ensio and Heda found something you need to see right away," Veteran called out. "..And Wayfarer has a splinter in her paw she needs help with." He tossed out all the names purposefully, so that the stranger would know that they had lots of backup nearby.