Hushed Willows Feel some change in the weather

tag for reference! replied to acknowledge that rhaegal heard the howl. <3

he has enjoyed his time with @Vairë, preparing himself for the last task she'd set for him: the doe pelt.

he tracks a few herds, observing from a distance like a shepherd watches his flock in the meantime, considering his next moves carefully.

and not just the herd.

he is idly watching one such herd when the howl rises; the voice recognized as his uncle njord.

a bear attack.

a cousin missing.

njord and meerkat leaving sapphique and heading south.

it's a lot of news to observe at once; and though part of rhaegal desires to send back a howl he does not for fear of startling the herd he was close to.

a bear?

he'd meant to take vairë to sapphique, even temporarily, until they made a decision on where they would go from there... but now doubt creeps into his mind.

what would he be taking her to?

a horrendous massacre?

it feels wrong to consider that he shouldn't even return, especially because he owed them better than that, respected them more than that ...but uncertainty digs its claws into him.

he would discuss this with vairë then, when they were wed. get her opinion on what he — they — should do; and suggest that they divert to visit njord and meerkat in the south, preferably before mini rhaeirë's came into the picture.