While it was true that there were plenty of elves who very genuinely did get along amazingly well with animals just because of a fact of their biology, Hyarmenion could tell that the vixen wasn't behaving this way merely because of that. If he had been so allowed, then he would have lovingly stroked the fire fox and scratched underneath Kumi's chin. For what it was worth, he didn't have an order to give her that time, but he would have hoped that they might have fought alongside one another in the future.<br/><br/>Turning about carefully as Rubii started to return, the elf frowned slowly and shut his eyes. "Is everything alright then, or is something the matter? You look like you've been having some troubles."<br/><br/>Eventually he had indeed removed another map from his belt and glanced down on it. He was completely concerned with the same thing that Sorin was. They certainly didn't seem to have a sufficient number of knights for what they were being asked to do when it came to the use of their knights. Nevertheless, he had long been a chess player. While some people had elected to focus on the value of a sacrifice in a good game, he preferred to play a good opening move.<br/><br/>It was from this ideology that he had started to concoct his latest plan. Hyarmenion had no wish to sacrifice anyone if he had even the slightest amount of power or authority to do so.