I never knew daylight could be so violent

He greeted her stopping only a short distance away. "This is where Surreal and the kids are set up." She spoke robotically, dumping information so he knew why she was here in particular. He spoke again and she watched him drop to his haunches, the frown deepening as she noted his posture. "It’s alright Laoch, I figured it had to have been important." She offered him a reassuring smile and eyed him again, the serious expression returning as she spoke again. "What’s wrong?" Already Arda’s thoughts were jumping to the worst possible conclusions. The girl pulled herself from her den and moved to sit before her brother, reaching forwards to nose at his shoulder.