Jade Fern Grove valar dohaeris

Cameo! He's not physically here, I'm taking the opportunity to get Giddy here out of limbo. <3

Gideon's nape still smarted from where Isra had seized him. She had not harmed him further, but asked him a host of questions to which he had few answers. He was kept away from Rivenwood and yet maddeningly close by, with no opportunities for escape.

Today was different.

Isra was drawn away by a scream. Gideon watched her head in that direction. His guard hairs stirred along his nape; that sound had been otherworldly. He wouldn't much like to meet the creature that made it. Curiosity tugged at him, but common sense took the reins and made him plant his rear end. Yes, his compliant expression said. He would be right here when she returned.

As soon as Isra was out of sight and Gideon felt he had even a remote chance, he sprang to his paws, turned tail, and fled. Rivenwood was the obvious destination, but it was also the first place Isra would know to look for him. Gideon knew he couldn't go home, not now, not yet.

Instead, he ran north as fast and hard as his legs would move and didn't dare look back to see if he was being pursued.