Noctisardor Bypass pius x

One of those keepers was washing in the river when the scent of the stranger found its way to his nose.

Glaukos pulled himself from the rushing water and moved along, not exactly slowly but without much insistence, as he knew the bypass had one way in or out; if there was danger he could meet it and put an end to it before anything could get near either of the sisters.

What he found was a trail leading first to a section of the river and then deeper, which irked him; but the scent was not layered in a way to suggest an incursion, and beyond that the stranger had a scent that made the soldier think of his old General. An elder wolf, maybe. Someone most likely lost and in need.

And then he came upon a shape among the trees he did not know. The stranger was distracted, and Glaukos did the natural thing and cut off his point of egress by angling his approach; and when he had studied them enough, he called out: You're in my home. What is it you want?