A sense of unease spread through Mekoa's being, and Guthriekai flicked a nervous ear in response. As they approached her pavilion, her heart sank. Its door had been torn completely off, and had been looted sometime between getting her task, yesterday afternoon, and now. A stray tear drifted down her cheek when she saw blood, and Valdiene, her war dog, in the middle of it. Slipping from Guthriekai's back as not to kick off her passenger, she walked up to Valdiene's body and fell over it. She did not sob, did not cry out, did not curse whoever killed her friend. Instead, she lay there in a puddle of tears and dried blood, and wished the dog's spirit safe passage to the Realm Beyond. Then, she set about tiding camp.