Bearclaw Valley "I have plans for you."

He grimaced again, not wanting to think about any of this; but where did he have to be right now? What was he meant to be doing? Nobody wanted him, and he was injured so when the woman spoke of a deal Glaukos considered the offer.

He looked between the two of them as if deciding, and when he answered, he'd stopped his movement entirely and had turned to face them. Glaukos. To answer the man. Merrick was my father too. Except he did not call himself a brother to either Aventus or Avicus; he had never known his true father, and in those early days Merrick was the closest thing to such a thing.

The man wanted to know more about his family, which was a sentiment Glaukos did not share and could not understand. He studied the man's face with a moment of intensity. Astara. Merrick's mate, your... grandmother. You have her eyes. It was jarring to see.

Glaukos looks to the woman as he finally reaches a conclusion about her proposition, and gives a tired nod.