Noctisardor Bypass The Fox & The Hound

Nyra smiled slightly as Druid recovered, feeling pulses of pain throughout her own body. 
Then Mahler spoke. 

She was told to leave, and she would only after she spoke. In panting breaths, the Grandmaster said
"I found Druid at the creek...wanted to make sure she returned to you safely...foe or not, I was once a mother too, and no mother deserves to lose a child..." She coughed a bit, turning her battered form to limp away. Pausing, she turned her head over her shoulder to look at Mahler again as he took Druid home. 
"I am sorry, for my earlier rudeness. I would apologize to her, too, if she was also present...I cannot change the past, but I would hope for a less rocky future." 

Whether Mahler took her words seriously or not, Nyra was certain she likely couldn't change the Graf's mind about her and the rest of the Saints. With her tired words said, the Grandmaster slowly faced forward and started limping away, toward home. 

She didn't anticipate being stopped.