"That's too bad. I might have helped you with that," he joked about the birds' nests. He wanted to focus on that rather than the disappointment in her voice when it came to his eventual departure.

"I promised to find more of the clan. There are no others here, just you all from Ashara and the one young mage from clan Dahlasanor. I refuse to believe that the other hunters were simply swallowed up by a damned rift." He'd said basically the same thing to Ellana when the two of them had spoken, but he doubted that she had understood where he was coming from. At least, not as much as Beleth was liable to. He struck upon an idea though, and leaned a little closer to her. "What if you were to go with me, though?"