It was the voices of Nacine and Rex making their way to Merus's ears. It seemed that they were having a discussion about their relationship, which started making Merus laugh internally. It wasn't a joyful type of laughter though, it was close to the same type of laughter that came from him as he tortured his and the dragons prisoners. He would love to see them broken apart just for the sake of watching them descend into sorrow. Oh, the things he could think of to facilitate such a schism! 
Merus considered such closeness to others foolish, even stupid. The only ones he "loved" were the dragons.
One final word caught his ear. Rebellion. That was it, he'd heard enough. What he suspected might have been going on was true. But rather than burst into the room and confront them, Merus decided to do something else. It was a simple thing really, simply go in secret and report what he heard....
Merus silently left the area to return to Klostrun. 
(If this is too much, I can change it)