Everything was in chaos, everything was a mess. Everyone was talking, wailing, crying, whining, ordering and Karabela felt so flustered by it all. How did one injured pack mate manage to bring the whole of Abaven to its knees? Raba tried to focus on the wolves that were directly addressing her, pushing the injured Finch from her mind. There was nothing she could do to help the girl and next to know signs that might help her hunt down a potential attacker.
Sparrow assured her they weren't being attacked but then Lillie stated that Finch had been attacked. Raba wasn't for sure what to do with the conflicting information other than to once again err on the side of caution. Finch was of Abaven, if she had been attacked then the pack had been attacked in Karabela's mind. If it was an accident then it was indeed an unfortunate one that again affected the whole pack. Either way Raba knew she was of little use here. If the girl had been attacked the attacker was long gone and any lingering scent was smothered in the mix of herbal and familial scents which would make tracking difficult if not impossible.
Sparrow continued to speak but Raba's attention was elsewhere as she continued to try and piece more of the situation together, pushing her way nearer to sniff at Finch. Dam… no luck. She pulled back as Starling left and Quake shouted something and also left. Followed by Lillianna. Lark shouted after Starling. What the fuck was going on? Raba could sense the tension, the piss-war. Her brow furrowed… what the hell? Was this really the time for a pissing contest? When Harmony had held her meeting about the divisions in Abaven, Karabela had more or less shrugged it off. Everything had seemed normal to her, sure a few fights and disagreements here and there but that was typical of young wolves yea? But this…? This was on another level. She felt the animosity, the rivalry and more she felt like she was completely on the outside of it. Disconnected from the complicated web of inner-pack relations. Karabela's frown deepened, her ears pulling back. Perhaps it was just the stress. Everyone was worried, tired and stressed and lashing out at one another. Maybe… either that or long boiling tensions were now brought to the breaking point with the Stress of Finch's misfortune.
Finally Bass spoke to bring order to the chaos. She listened intently, pleased that the alpha was on board with her idea of patrolling. Honestly though she felt most of the wolves here would do with a good walk and some time to clear their heads but at least she got one patrol companion. She moved toward the older male. "We can patrol in a pair or split up to cover more ground. I don't think there's an immediate threat we need to deal with but it's hard to know for sure. I'll take the west side of the plains and the rustling thicket, can you get the east of the serpent plains and the monument rapids? Or we can switch to, I don't mean to boss you around." She tried to smile but it didn't quite form.
Harmony's voice would join in with Bass' trying to calm the wayward young adults that were running far to high on their emotions. How could they want to push each other away at such a moment? Especially those who were family? What was this? Karabela supposed she shouldn't view them harshly. This was probably the first time many of them had seen a family member in such dismal condition. Oh, to be that innocent again…
Once the patrol plans were decided Karabela got to her paws and stalked off to begin. "Stay…. stay strong girl. I have taught you all… a great many things. This lesson… may be heavy burden…. but you will be stronger… for it." "I'm trying mother," she whispered, "I'm trying."
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