Moonsong Glacier [m] going toe to toe with an enchantress

aventus' calculations went completely unnoticed by val; such things were beyond his comprehension. he considered the news aventus shared with a worried frown: this was not the saints he knew, but he had also known when he joined nyra's wolves that they were a bit ... above his caliber.

"that's awful." val announced, feeling a genuine sense of remorse for aventus that he had lost his mother. val's stomach clenched -- was he taking his for granted? now that brusque question of how he could just up and leave his family made a bit more sense. "i'm sorry." val offered lamely, warily resting on his own haunches once aventus did the same.

the next question threw him off guard enough it took him a minute to answer. had the bear touched him? "no." val answered, pulling into a memory vault he tried often to ignore. "the bear chased my pack out of their home though, and killed a few of them."