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The greeting was friendly enough and Modesty dipped her head in acknowledgement. She was used to large wolves, but the Armada leader was something else. She gave a half smile that didn't quite reach her worried eyes, "That's me, and you are Basilisk, yes?" It wasn't like there was a risk mistaking him for anyone else.

"I find myself short a few members... most worrying among those are young children, less than a season old, a red and charcoal coated yearling, Jael, who was a frequent visitor here... and Dread." Perhaps the only reason she had come this far north to begin with. "Although I'm sure you'd have noted something as out of place as strange or unaccompanied children, I thought it was worth stopping by. Dread, in particular, seemed to disappear just before Deluge had their children, but now one of her litter is missing along with two of my own." Given the meeting they had been summoned to at the Hallows, it was a worrying prospect indeed.

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