Redtail Rise She only reveals what she wants you to see

atreus had not been found.
with both his mother and his father gone, with aventus' emotion mirrored into him, ancelin had withdrawn. his sparring had not been with the others, but with saplings, with great rocks against which he shoved himself, with leaping to and fro across the thinnest part of a stream.
he was often bruised and always exhausted, never letting himself have a respite let the thoughts creep in.
ancelin had hidden himself away like masque had taught him, seeking a fitful nap. at lilia's tread, the boy's ears twitched and he opened his eyes. she was close. he did not yet move to let himself be seen, wondering idly if she would smell him here.