Silvertip Mountain what could? nothing

no worries! <3

the empress returns his greeting, offering that umbra had informed her of his departure. yes, he rasps in return. though things have changed in my absence. many, many things. wintersbane cannot say he is entirely pleased with them but that little nitpicking is neither here nor there. i hear a formal alliance has been formed in my absence. he invites, curious to hear hua's side of it and what, officially, she stood to gain from allying with a hopeful that barely has a foot in the door.