Ri'vashi smiled and gave a slight huff. "Well, to be fair, Ri'vashi has mostly just been social with you. Some of the others this one has been speaking with have found her sudden outwardness a bit odd. They haven't said so, but Ri'vashi can tell. Relaxing with you, though...Ri'vashi will admit it has been nice."

As soon as the pair reached Ri'vashi's tent, she opened the flap and stepped inside. It was one of the larger tents, with standing room even for a Cathay. At its center was a small table with an array of neatly arranged documents and maps, though the markings she had made on the maps were far more haphazard. Evidently, she had been trying to draw up some alternative battle plan for the attack, but by the fact that she had not mentioned anything during the meeting, she had been unsuccessful. "Since we have some time, Ri'vashi has a proposal for you." She said as she motioned for Gallus to join her in the tent.

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Peiter stared into Sabine's eyes for a few, long seconds before closing his own. "I...don't know." He said. He opened his eyes again, this time with a hint of a few tears. "That's the problem. I don't know what is going to happen to us. I know everything could go just fine, and that we have really powerful friends. My pack is going to be with Ri'vashi, who moves like some supernatural force, and you're going to be with Meesei, who is powerful like something out of a legend. But what if I get unlucky? What if you get unlucky? Or anyone else we care about? Our friends, the people we trust and that we'll be fighting with, they're not perfect. As strong as they are, as much as they can do, they can't see everything. They don't know everything that's going to happen. All it would take is one unlucky arrow out of a volley that they aren't able to protect us from."

Turning his body to face Sabine, Peiter pulled her into a tight hug. "I don't want to lose everything we have, and there are so many ways I can think of where that could happen."