Redtail Rise hopestone

he did not know this pack, but how quickly his aunt replied had ancelin's interest captured. they were in need. so they were weakened.
he wondered what had happened, even as he nodded slowly. ancelin did not ask for further instruction, already working out how he could split his time between the rise and figuring out what had occurred.
"sapphique is — that way, yeah?" he asked, nosing the air in a very vague approximation of where their allies might be.