Great Bear Wilderness since the darkness covered us

[size=medium]"in the land of gods and monsters,
I was an angel"[/size]

[size=small]The Ostrega's golden gaze was met with stern determination.
While she held none of these 'emotional wounds' he suddenly reflected back on, she did have a huge amount of pride clouding her eyes and making the possibility of a casual encounter between the former comrades difficult. Again, her huge ego made an appereance in the most inconvenient of times.
Even if she knew very well that they had parted in good terms and his ties to the Spine had recieved a clean cut at the time he made the decision to part peacefully,she could not seem to push away the sweet taste that seeing him back, and seemingly without his followers, gave her.

Where had he left Harlyn?, she wondered silently as she allowed her judgamental eyes to fall down the slopes of his cheeks and then back up to lock with his own. "Sure, but don't make yourself at home" she barked with neutrality. Her own subtle way of telling him that despite the underlying reasons to his visit, he would not be welcomed back. He had made the choice to find his own home, and that is what he'd have to do regardless of his initial mission's success or failure.
Not she, or the Spine, would serve as his backup plan.
He had given up on them, and likewise, they had given up on him.

"Where'd you leave her?" she prompted, her eyes narrowing in curiosity as she watched for any fleeting reaction her words would cause on his face. There was no need for names to be given, he knew very well who she spoke of. "Taking care of the little ones?" she added after a heartbeat, wanting to get more in depth to what had become of them; to what had become of her.
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