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Aureli is accompanied by @Delos

After Delos swore his first oath there by the lake, the pair had begun making plans. Before heading toward the next pack, the boy had been given a crash course on etiquette and beside manners. He was to be quiet and respectful during initial meetings, his focus on learning how best to approach strange wolves and not only make his own intentions known, but to suss out the intentions of others.

He'd asked Leto not to accompany them to the borders at all.

Moke, of course, could not be asked to do much of anything. Nevertheless, the cat had elected to follow Leto for a while.

"Remember," Aureli said to his apprentice as they came to the outskirts of the claim. "If I tell you to run, you must run right away. And if I tell you to fetch white grass for me, you are to calmly excuse yourself and run as soon as you are out of sight. I will find you when it is safe."

But he smiled, and gave a subtle wag of his tail. There was no reason to suspect that they would find trouble here.

"And, failing those possibilities, just try to be polite," he said as a final aside. They'd come as close as he meant to without invitation. Now, Aureli tipped back his head and howled for an audience.