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A look of consternation held steady on Pied's face as she trekked southeast along the riverbank, heading back to the plateau. Her thoughts swarmed, reflecting on the words exchanged between herself and Jinx only moments ago. She tried to decide how she felt about her former leader; did she hate her outright or did she mostly feel sorry for her? Mostly, Pied decided she just felt apathetic toward Jinx. She'd felt concerned, angry, bitter and indifferent in turn in the weeks since Jinx's disappearance. She was incredibly unimpressed by her explanation—or excuses, rather—just now. Yet it was all in the past and didn't really matter anymore, did it?

All the same, Pied knew that Hawkeye would be interested in this development. Once she reached the foothills just underneath the plateau and began to climb upward, she threw back her head and called for the Alpha's attention, asking Hawkeye to meet her on the ledge that overlooked the river. Pied then loped that way, arriving on the outcropping in just under five minutes.