Arrow Lake Show no fear, for she may fade away.

He knew her name, it seemed, and he reached put for confirmation. Nyx dipped her muzzle politely in a nod and then looked ahead as she realised that, despite having briefly seen him around, she'd never cared to discover his own title.

Nyx was a selfish thing by nature, yet gulit nipped at her chest and tightened in her abdomen. The cool-eyed male was kind, she could tell, and she swallowed thickly when he enquired of her relation to their fallen General. "I did not," she answered, "but he gave me a place among you, and I'll be forever grateful."