Wheelin' and Dealin'

The journey had been long, the longest he had undertaken with any of his siblings, but they seemed to have made it in one piece. The distant scent of the pack he recognized from the fiasco at the battlefield drifted to him at a distance now, and he brought forth his memory of that alphas appearance. Two, actually, with the similar coloration and markings that spoke of close relatives even without the loud conversations and accusations of impropriety that had been leveled at the pair to make clear, but that was entirely beside the point of this expedition. He was here to see that his brother and sister got the training they deserved.

They hadn't seemed to arouse suspicion - so far - so it was with confidence that Artur strode with his siblings towards Abaven's border. Pausing well out of earshot, he nonetheless was careful to murmur his words for only their ears capable of catching the sound. "Remember, we were sent here by Aurielle. We are supposed to be here. They wont turn us away." He wasnt particularly good at this encouraging thing, but he was beginning to see that there were more ways to get things accomplished than simply smashing it with a hammer, so he was trying subtlety and he was going to learn how to use it, damn it. Setting his own jaw in confident determination he grasped the deer the three of them had taken down earlier and set out once again to a respectful distance from the border before he set it down.

He was surprised at the smell of ash and charring so strongly in the air, obviously a thing some time past but still strong enough to almost taste. There were places in the west that had experienced wildfires that summer season that smelled the same, and he surmised that the same had transpired here though he couldn't tell if it had been bad. Maybe they would welcome the gift of a deer and the offer to hunt more if one of their territories was unhuntable. "Ready?" he asked quietly, leveling a glance at his brother and sister to see if they were, before lifting his muzzle to call - politely - for the alpha of Abaven.