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Eclipse jumped slightly when Dreamseeker turned her attention to him. He'd been so lost in worry for Skua and concern over what they were going to try and do next he'd only been half listening to the conversation between her and this new SandWing. [color=ed1c24][b]"Um, I guess it would be for the best,"[/b][/color]  he shrugged slightly, [color=ed1c24][b]"We're kind of running low on options here."[/b][/color] Honestly, they really hadn't thought all of this through. The only idea they had in mind was to get to the rainforest, but after that they had no plans and no ideas about where to go from there. These Outclaws seemed to be fairly well organized and capable. [color=ed1c24][b]"It'd be nice to get the opinion of someone who is a bit more capable than just the three of us."[/b][/color]

He looked towards the SandWing, Aardwolf, as he heard a faint chuckle come from him, [color=f7941d][b]"You can say that again. No offense, but I don't know how much longer you guys would've lasted without some kind of help. Having more dragons on your side could prove handy in a pinch."[/b][/color] Aardwolf flashed another slight grin at Dreamseeker, and Eclipse felt a bit of irritation and...something else flare up like hot fire.

[color=ed1c24][b]"We still fought them off. They just caught us off guard."[/b][/color] He knew that wasn't completely true but he felt the need to defend them to all these SandWings, especially Skua who was asleep at present and couldn't defend himself. He had no idea what his temperamental friend would do or say about all this, but he imagined there would be a great deal more tension in the room if he was conscious. 

[color=f7941d][b]"Sorry, yes, clearly you all handled yourselves and made it here,"[/b][/color] Aardwolf raised his claws in a placating manner, [color=f7941d][b]"I simply meant some outside aid could do you good is all. [/b][/color]

Eclipse let out a sigh and tried to settle himself a bit. He didn't know why he was getting so worked up over this. Maybe everything that happened over the past several days was finally pushing him to some kind of breaking point. He'd already lost Ember and now he wasn't even sure how close he'd come to losing his best friend. He could still feel the heat beating down on his scales as he took on more and more of Skua's weight in order to drag him this far. If they'd been much later, well he didn't want to think about that.

He turned back to Dreamseeker, [color=ed1c24][b]"Should we wait for Skua to wake up before we go see this leader of theirs?"[/b][/color] He wasn't sure if he'd be up to going to speak with anyone, but he also didn't want to leave him to wake up without one of them there.