knock knock! (SIEGE)

Hephaestus trotted grimly along near Kassander as he led the pack to war. To war! Kassander! It was so unlike his auburn brother that for a time after he'd announced his intentions Hephaestus was still trying to decide if it was meant to be a joke. But no - and the more Hephaestus thought about it, the more clear it became, and the more sound Kassander's reasoning became. He could only be grateful that Svetlana and Gaia and Andromeda were safe among the noncombatants. The more he thought about what Kassander said, the more clear the danger to them had become, and a righteous and protective anger roared within him. Someone in this pack had hurt Sindri and Sigmarr. This pack had betrayed their allegiance to the Olympians. They were the single fallen tree damming the river and threatening land with a flood of death and destruction, and the only way to save the lives there would be to destroy that tree. It was simple. It was logical. Kassander stopped them outside of Arcanum's borders to howl before he leaped forward over the border, and Hephaestus followed.