Amaretto paced back and forth in the small room he and Theá shared. It had been a few days since they had felt that massive eruption of magic. He had wanted to do something, even if it wasn't his place nor any of his concern. On a purely personal level he didn't care much in regards to whether or not this Silver Scalpel managed to raise a ton of dead people, but he still felt compelled to doing something about him. At the very least, he admitted, something about that damn unicorn felt off--wrong, even. 

Light streamed through the window, hitting the contentedly snoozing Theá, as she lay on the bed with her paws underneath her head. She still retained her canine body, if only for the sake of remaining anonymous. He couldn't say exactly--nor could she, for that matter--but he figured that the town wouldn't react too kindly to a God waltzing around their their houses; especially considering they were within the Moon & Star borders. Or very close to, at least. He never could remember.

"Why aren't we doing anything?" He asked suddenly, ceasing his pacing, and instead stood rigidly before her. "That bastard did something huge, and you're not even going to investigate it?" He was still sour about how she didn't even do anything when that explosion, or whatever it was, rocked the forest near the town. 

"I don't need to," she replied simply, eyes still closed. 

"And why not? I know you're a God, but you're not omniscient, for Celestia's sake!" 

One of her eyes opened, peering at him with an intensity similar to that of the owl watching the mouse on the ground. Even casual as the look in her eye seemed, it was enough to give him pause. "Because he's not here anymore," she replied. "He's gone, and has been for a while. Usually a few of my Sentinels are picked off every day, but there have been no deaths since the explosion."

"So he's not here... Then why the [i]fuck[/i] are we still sitting here? You know where he is, I take it?"

To his surprise, and great chagrin, she shook her head. "I do not, nor have I done very much to search for him. First of all, several parties of his... servants, have gone different directions. I felt what I think is a teleport spell of some magnitude, but t'is not my field of expertise and I can say neither destination nor direction. The fact that his servants all go in different directions makes it nigh impossible for me to find him at the moment. At least, impossible without actively searching for him." 

Amaretto looked at her like a deer caught in front of a speeding carriage. "...What?" 

Rolling her one opened eye, Theá stood up and shook herself awake. "Yes, I have ceased my search on him, at least for the time being. I have a number of Sentinels out and about which may pick up trails of him, but I doubt that I'd find anything worth investigation without giving them directions. As of now they act just like any other animal would. Eat, sleep, shit, and attempt to reproduce." 

"Right," the unicorn deadpanned. "Alright. So what now? We're wasting time here and if you're not going to go after him, and he's already left, I assume I'm free to go home, then? Celestia knows I want to." 

Theá nodded, large ears flapping with the motion. "You're free to go home." She tilted her head then, as if thinking something over. "If you wish, I can take you some of the way."

Amaretto thought it over for a moment, clicking his tongue in thought. He wanted to get home quickly, so he probably could convince her to take him to the edge of the Everfree, but there was somewhere else he wanted to go first. "Can you take me to Northgate? I need to see someone there. You don't have to take me further than that; I'll make the rest of the trip myself."

Theá nodded. "Very well." She quickly resumed her alicorn body, and, lighting her horn, conjured a small sparrow. She sent it flying out the window where it quickly flew to where Xerihan rested; landing on the windowsil and started pecking away at the window to get his attention. 

[i]I have gone. If you wish directions, send this sparrow with a message to the individual known as Meelo. He will know a place where you can rest, and can pay for your stay as well.[/i] 

She light her horn again, then, looking at Amaretto. He was about to open her mouth to ask her what she was doing, when her magic flared and sent them both hurtling through the fabric of space. They found themselves standing in a clearing in the forest just north of Woodswatch, Theá already stretching her wings. "I will fly you there." She smiled, a rare occurence. "Teleportation is faster, but I prefer flying." She grabbed Amaretto in her telekinesis and yanked him with her, as she took off, flapping her great wings with such force that they soon reached speeds which most Pegasi would find themselves incapable of. 

The soared north-north west, aiming for Northwatch, and, unknowingly to the both of them, flying right above the cavern in which Scalpel currently resided. 

[i]To Be Continued[/i]