Again, Ahnasha expected that Fendros would need to be the one primarily who spoke to his mother, but she felt more confident to speak now than she did before. Now that she had a better feel for the people around them, and Fendros' father was not present, she could add her own input when she felt it was necessary. There was a way that she felt that she might be able to relate to Calia, but first, there was something she could say that might help to excuse Fendros to them. 

"There is another reason Fendros did not come here to stay, aside from our marriage." Ahnasha began. "For your own protection, I should avoid telling you too many specifics, but we are in danger, particularly in the cities. There is a group intent on hunting us; on hunting lycans. We are experienced with keeping ourselves hidden away from society, so we can keep ourselves safe there. But elsewhere...they now have ways of picking us out from non-lycans. We can visit cities, but to live in them, it would be too difficult to stay safe." She explained. Of course, she did not want to share every detail of their war with Vile. She wanted to make sure to give the impression that Fendros could be safe in the wilderness to keep Calia from worrying about Fendros after they left. 

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"If so, then the first detail you may wish to keep an eye on is the city's water supply." Meesei warned. "If the enemy finds a way to get the liquid form of their weapon into the water then they could kill every lycan in a city without the rest of the population even being aware. It is doubtful that the city guard would simply allow them to release their gas into the air among the people, but they can use their weapon indiscriminately in any way that is undetectable. Here in Cheydinhal specifically, it will likely be quite a while before the enemy has any presence here. We have never operated in any meaningful way in this area, so if the enemy has competent information gatherers, they will not check here first. We dealt them a heavy blow when we discovered their weapon a few months ago, but they will recover eventually. I will have our alchemists create a method to test for their weapon in the water, and distribute it to all of our lycans working within society. Until then, be cautious."

Lorag, meanwhile, faced away from the others and spoke up somewhat softly. "I just can't believe all this." He said before finally heading out the door and slamming it behind him. He obviously was not easily coming to terms with what he had learned.