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A day or so after his emergence Reyes learned of the fate of his family. While he had been hidden away and on the mend with his fever, his sister had gone missing. It struck his ego a hard blow - this boy who thought himself a protector and warrior, corralled by a lowly sickness and then having one of his charges vanish from sight; it hurt more in knowing that he could've protected her, saved her, if only he'd been well. Wherever she was, Reyes was adamant that he follow. He would hunt her down and bring her home, proving his skills to everyone of Rusalka - and most of all, to rekindle some level of faith in himself.

But he was still a boy. He tried to confront @Rosalyn about his plan but when tasked with hunting her down, he discovered that she was also absent. He could not compose himself beyond feeling - and acting - like a petulant child, feeling inadequate with the slow dawning realization that he'd somehow lost his mother, too. Reyes gushed frustration and confusing rage (not unlike his unknowable father) before he began scoured the shared spaces of the beach for --- well, he couldn't remember after a few paces.

Reyes' mind went back to Clementine repeatedly, and each thought of her brought further ire to his spirit. He coursed his way with agitated stomps and a bristling back, across the sand and up towards the steep ridge to the south of the beach, and that was where he came across his brother @Scarab's scent; it wasn't strong, but it too gave the boy something to trail after. He worried that his brother might have slipped away with a similar goal in mind and hunted the ridge for him, only pausing when a dull glimmer of gold caught his eye near one of the many entrances to the black pine forest.

Hey! Scab! He called out, belligerent yet purposeful as he plunged in to the dark - Wait up!