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“Yeah, you should take her. Lil’ sis and I will be just fine here.”

It wouldn’t come to fruition that way, but Akavir gave a gentle shrug of his shoulders in silent agreement. Cygnet was proving to be difficult at the best of times, but in many aspects, she was a lot like the mother who had birthed her, more than the one raising her.

“I’m going to do some more border patrols. Coming, or you got somewhere else to be?” Like resting—but he knew Arric wouldn’t do much of that. Either way, the last thing he wanted to do was dwell on his MIA mate, and was going to continue throwing himself into the physical aspects of life for now, if only to eradicate any potential of the emotional aspects of it surfacing.