Katja continued to hold herself with dignity despite the strangers' strange looks - until Raisa suddenly appeared to sniff at her wounds. Katja blinked at her, somewhat disconcerted that she'd snuck up so easily. "A sacrifice to the gods," she answered Raisa's question gravely, "for Val, and the others. All will be well now. We can feast on boar tonight knowing your children will be well."
She turned her attention once more to the strangers, surprised that her attention would have wandered at all, but content now to allow Raisa to deal with the diplomatics of the meeting as she did so much better, to concentrate herself on guarding Raisa as she did so much better at. The stranger's question earned simply a dismissive wave of the tail. "It is nothing," she rumbled before going silent once more, in posture and stance obviously deferring to Raisa.
