Redtail Rise stanzas

ancelin blinked, beginning to step back. but avicus spoke again and easier. she was worried over atreus; he shouldn't have even asked. 
"i'll find him, auntie," ancelin muttered once she had gone, not daring to call her something so casual to her fierce face.
or into the eyes they shared.
taking a deep breath, the young man set off to find his father.