Barrow Fields And under mountains in the moon

He was too distracted by yet another wolf coming onto the scene to think up some obviously super clever retort.  Where were they coming from?  They were like ants or something and someone poked the trail and pissed one off.  What did he walk into?

Mali was probably willing to believe just about anything anyone said as long as it was negative.  That was pretty much the world as a whole from his experience, wasn't it?  It was an awful place.  As such, Verx's words probably had a bit more weight to them than what Caiaphas was going to say.  In fact, what she did say put her at a disadvantage.  Mal was not a child who had wandered too far.  He had a purpose (sort of) and someone falling right back into that whole, 'Oh woe is you child, you don't know anything,' kind of pity or whatever just grated on his nerves.  Mal hadn't been on this trip long enough to want or need the charity of others.  He scowled, So you're blind, then?

He took another couple of steps back from all of them and stopped, eyes flicking between the trio of adults suspiciously, not really willing to trust any of them.