Redtail Rise their masks have the countenance of very concerned deer

If Aventus took much stock of Ashlar's surprise, he was sure to keep it hidden from his features. A slow blink was about all the man got from him as he stumbled over a response. Aventus had expected nothing more. Ashlar would never be a fighter. Aventus would never understand how his sister could be so fierce and still abide a spineless wolf in her company.

This war could not be won by fighters, however, and Aventus had given up his right to judge with his decision to leave.

There will be no winning, he shared. I do not know what sorcery it is, but Nyra always slips away, no matter how capable the pursuer. If he thought there was any chance otherwise, he would be the first on the volunteer list to march against her. Alas, Aventus knew only the bitter taste of loss where that bitch was concerned, and he could not lose anything else in his life without going mad.

You will be the only one who might help them cope when they realize this.