Noctisardor Bypass noseim

While patrolling the lagoon deep within the territory, Glaukos had come across a beaver dragging freshly felled trees towards the waterway. He'd cut it off from its path towards the adjacent creek, where it had most likely spotted the perfect place to dam the flow, and now walked through the heart of Rivenwood with his hefty prize. As strong as he was the weighty rodent, made more hefty because it was soaking wet, strained his shoulders and slowed Glaukos' gait.

He heard something sluice in to the water — and thinking it might be a second beaver or the rest of this one's family, he stopped and dropped the prize so that he could get a better view. He saw the silhouette of one of the sisters instead, and thought he caught a whiff of sickness in the air — which might've been just his imagination. Weighing his options, he chose to grab the beaver and carry it to where Heda lurked.

Thrusting the body of the beaver down in to the grass beside her, it made a sickening thwump and came to rest. He looked to her instead of the dead animal, trying to ascertain if she was ill or if she was hungry, or maybe she wanted to be alone, but Glaukos didn't ask.