( Perhaps, in the same way Hwylryn should have been better to not ask Junior at all to assist him, he should have left those he's harried alone. It is their right - more than earned, for a burden they did not want - to find some way to rearrange themselves whole without Hwylryn sticking his claws into things again, substituting their compromised consent for a kinder course of action.

But here he is, regardless, waiting patient for G'raha's answer - G'raha, grounded enough to be upset with him, but too kind to tell him off as soon as Hwylryn alighted. )

Very well.

( He chirps, content with this. )

It's the least I can do. ( True, but. ) And if you don't wish to reach me directly, I think you can use those little foxes to reach Junior. They're where I'll be.

( Against popular demand! He will be remaining with them both ! )

You are more graceful than I deserve.

( He will not thank him for it, because it's not necessarily appropriate - it's not something G'raha should be giving him. But he will not seem apologetic for it, either - because he is not ashamed of what he is, deserving or undeserving. Frankly, he thinks being apologetic would be an insult to the suffering he put G'raha and Sariel through - what he did to them, he must wear with pride, regardless of censure. (This is a more Northern attitude, in the end.) After all, he cannot undo it, nor truly right it.

But he would remark upon it. And so it becomes a neutral statement of fact. )