Malithus nodded. "Yes, you are probably right. One can get away with wearing armor in the city; it merely marks you as an adventurer or mercenary. But, chitin would be very exotic, and would surely grab attention. Rolann, Nelise, would you mind gathering what they need?"

The members of Malithus' pack were not hesitant to follow his instructions and gathered all of the needed supplies for the three members of the Champion's pack without argument. It was a kind of treatment they were not unaccustomed to, regardless of where they went. Indeed, they could avoid most kinds of manual labor the majority of the time without even asking, if they chose to do so. They gathered extra food and potions, as well as the requested clothing. It did take some time for them to find and modify a dress to fit Kaleeth, so by the time it was finished, they were ready to leave. 

Kaleeth elected not to wear her dress at first and instead dawned her armor, apart from the helmet. One thing which had not changed about her over the years was the fact that she was not fond of dresses, to the point that she would prefer to wear her armor. The clan was far enough from Evermore that it would take over a day to reach the city regardless, so she could just keep her armor on to be ready for any unexpected dangers while traveling, then change before heading into the city. 

Malithus led the way out of the caves. As they neared the waterfall, he removed his boots and kept his robe pulled up to avoid soaking it. He stopped before the waterfall and held his hand up in the air towards it. Using telekinesis, he deflected part of the waterfall to the side enough to give them a dry space to walk under to avoid soaking their garments. Only Kaleeth intentionally walked under the waterfall itself. 

Since they had a long walk ahead of them, Colors decided to start catching up right away. Just a few minutes after they moved past the waterfall, he strolled up alongside Sabine. He was carrying a pack on his back, though it was lighter than most of the others, which he justified by the fact that he was not physically as strong as his fellow lycans. "I look forward to showing you around Evermore. It's no Senchal, but all the Bretons, Redguards, and Orcs make it an interesting place. Granted, I've only been to it once, but I liked what I saw when I was there. What about you all? I heard the Bruma clan moved a while back, but it's a big secret where you all actually went, specifically. You allowed to tell me anything about it?"

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Saras, of course, did not give away anything in his expression, but he had a brief moment of internal debate over what to tell the agents. He had no reason to believe that it would be a good idea to share the details of their war with Vile, but at the same time, he had to give a satisfactory enough answer to prevent any tensions from flaring up. It was important that they not have any reason to view the clans as a threat. "The growth of lycan populations was not something we caused, but it is something we have had to adapt to. For our goal of survival, more lycans creates more difficulties for us. We have more people to care for, more people to teach and train. The growth in lycan populations has been exclusively among the feral, unaffiliated population. Our clans have rules against infecting others. The only lycans we create are those born to our members the more...natural way. We take in feral lycans and attempt to teach them how to control themselves, and more importantly, stay out of trouble."

Saras' next words he had to choose carefully. He wanted to give some truth to sate the agent's curiosity, while still keeping the majority of his cards close to his chest. He decided to frame the actual truth in a different light. "As for the why of it, you can just think of it as Daedric bickering. A rival Daedra decided he had a use for lycan souls, so he had his own followers create more lycans. Except, we created a countermeasure to their weapon, so they stopped infecting people in turn. It might be difficult to gain enough information from your perspective, but the growth of feral lycan populations has all but halted in the past year or two. Some ferals are still infecting others on their own, but they are slowly dying or being taken into our fold. Your Empire will not have to worry about the feral problem getting worse, and over time, it will fix itself."