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Eclipse opened his jaws to explain what had taken them so long before snapping them shut a second later. Better to let Dreamseeker decide how much she wanted to say before he went spouting off some lie or diversion to Skua and the rest. He blinked slightly in surprise as she steeled herself. She was going to tell them all now? He figured she'd maybe wait until morning or a later date but at least that meant he didn't have to hide it from the rest for any length of time. That might be a bit cold, but he'd honestly had no idea how he was going to keep the secret from Skua of all dragons.

Her exclamation caused Aardwolf's head to snap up from across camp, a blurry look in his coal black eyes. [color=f7941d][b]"Wuzzat?"[/b][/color] His head swiveled between all of the other dragons in camp before settling on Dreamseeker, confusion evident on his face. He blinked several times, processing what she said before his jaw dropped slightly open in surprise.

Eclipse watched Skua carefully, trying to judge his reaction. He saw the look of realization first, and that...definitely made more sense. She knew what that SandWing was going to do before he even moved, that could be useful to them at some point, but his thoughts were quickly broken as Skua leapt forward towards Dreamseeker before he could even get a word out or raise a claw to stop him.

[color=ed1c24][b]"Skua, no!"[/b][/color] He sprang to his feet and, without even thinking, slammed his full weight into the other hybrid's side shoving him away from Dreamseeker. He put himself immediately between her and Skua, wings slightly flared and his heart racing. [color=ed1c24][b]"How is it a betrayal? She's never done anything to hurt either of us."[/b][/color] Every single one of his muscles was tense. Skua wouldn't hurt him, he was pretty sure of that, but he was always the more unpredictable of the two of them.

He looked past Skua for a brief second to see that Aardwolf had also pushed himself to his feet, shock now covered by concern. [color=f7941d][b]"I'm sure there's no need to get violent here,"[/b][/color] the SandWing nodded his head towards Dreamseeker, [color=f7941d][b]"If we just let her explain, no one needs to get hurt."[/b][/color] His tone was even but Eclipse could tell he was ready to jump into fray at a second's notice. It soothed his fears a small bit, knowing that there would be some help should this really take a turn.

Eclipse didn't expect a second voice of diplomacy, especially not from the Outclaw, but at the moment he was immensely grateful for it. He held Skua's gaze, wincing at the anger he saw there, [color=ed1c24][b]"Please...don't hurt her. I know it wasn't right of her to keep it a secret, but what else could she do? There hasn't exactly been a good time to say it, and that's not exactly something you advertise when you first meet someone either."[/b][/color] He desperately hoped he could get through to his friend. He isn't even sure he'd be able to bring himself to fight back if Skua decides she doesn't deserve the chance to explain.