Redtail Rise healing

masque. ancelin had almost rounded on her. but that would do nothing. she was not relic; she had not subdued him. and she hadn't failed, either. ancelin saw how all his cousins had the favour of his aunt and the others in a way he had not yet captured.
he needed to do something big.
and so ancelin nodded, wincing as the movement tugged the healing wounds along his face and neck. hangdog, he followed at her side, jaw quiet and eyes saying nothing as he let masque take the complete lead.
"how many new cousins do i have?" he finally asked, if only to break the crush of silence.