Noctisardor Bypass Karma Police

One way to make certain that Bad Stuff Will Happen, for these two individuals in particular, was for one of them to already be on the bear-man's hit list. He had been lenient during the birth of his children (yes, Glaukos considered all of them to be his alone, and knew no better) and had looked the other way metaphorically as well as physically, when he had seen Anselm there at the time; but now that the children were present and both the mothers thrived, the situation again was shifting against his favor.

It did not bode well that Anselm now walked in Rivenwood with some bitch that Glaukos had never seen or smelled before; the only thing stopping him from confronting the two of them and skinning the boy for his hide, as promised, was the reiteration of Druid's voice in his head. He did not want to stress either of the mothers more than they'd already been, given the timing. Neither did Glaukos enjoy having his laws broken.

When he was certain the children were being watched-over by their mothers and Heda's girls, he extricated himself from the den area and began a slow patrol of Rivenwood's heart; that was when he spied the pair. He would arrive from behind them, choosing the tactical advantage of a flanking maneuver out of some misaligned need, and the shadow he cast would split between the pair.

Who are you? He rumbled pointedly at the back of the squat little girl's fat head.