Neverwinter Forest especially different

Mal had picked a piece of leftovers out of the cache from one of the larger hunts and was bringing that over to Miriam. He was figuring he'd drop the food, get the silent treatment from her, and maybe get a couple of minutes hanging out with the kids. He had plenty more to do that day, between patrols and seeing if he could have a successful small prey hunt to bring his catch to either Cupid or Aibreann as well. It seemed like a pretty normal day.

But he didn't know what had gone on. All he saw was a kind of grumpy-looking Caerus heading out of the den. Not exactly normal there -- and he couldn't at this particular instant and distance hear anything from the den. Mal called out, voice kind of muffled by what he was carrying, Caerus? What had gone on? Did Miriam tell him to buzz off or something?