With sympathy on his face, Janius looked sadly back at Kaleeth. He turned his head away, thinking for a time. He had not lost either of his parents yet, but he was no stranger to grief.

"It's awful when one comes to ask such questions," Janius began. "I wish such a hurtful thing had not happened." He sighed and faced Kaleeth again. "There's no way to bring her back, it's true. But...well, back home, when there were things we wanted to say to our late family, we would visit their headstones. I know being a wandering tribe makes such things infeasible, but...She went back to the Hist, didn't she?" 

Janius peered over his shoulder to look for the Hist tree the tribe had congregated around this time around.

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Fendros stopped and looked at Ahnasha directly. The idea took him by surprise at first, though it made more sense when Ahnasha put more constraints around it.

"It'll be risky," Fendros said. "But it's a good idea, Ahna. It's a more a likely story than anything else. If you think they will buy it for long enough, I say let us use it."

After fixing another pin into his clothing, Fendros finally had the rest of his mouth free to speak normally. "We can let Rhazii and my siblings know about that extra detail some time today. I just hope Rhazii has the patience for all this. And the willpower. I know your family could arrive at any time but I think one of us should take him hunting soon."