Emberwood The devil in disguise had a poker face

It was a cold comfort, but it was a comfort all the same. To know that Etienne stood by what he'd done with his life, even if he was adrift at this current moment. He blinked and he saw Eti — just for a moment — as someone expansive, someone familiar and unknowable in turns. But another blink and a moment later saw him return to just another wolf. Another weathered traveler. A kindred spirit, perhaps, but nothing more.

Even so, Katmai felt better for having met him.

"I should keep going," he said to the man, ready now to be away from the woods. "Please be well, Eti."