Redtail Rise entombed

No.  Her answer is quiet and toneless as well, but with a glance, she begins to walk.  A simple tending to the borders of Wealda and Berserker but her flicking tail tip betrayed her unsettled core.  

She wished to explain why.  So far all of her answers had been partially formed and insufficient, but the true explanation was simple.  Masquerade had promised to remain.  She would not be back.

She lied.  Redd added, the stilted words sour on her tongue.  She did not want this.  She didn’t feel it necessary to specify what.  Her position as second, her sister as Wealda, her children upon the rise.  The why behind the lie escaped her, but the lie was why she was gone.

It still rattled her.  Redd’s hackles were tensed but her stance remained unthreatening.  

He had asked this for a reason.  She could ask but knew he would reveal it when ready.