Loz had been called away to a meeting of diplomats between the Kuguar and Kyote, leaving Raschen alone once more in his post. He huffed, resting a long Stier horn to his lips, letting the mentally soothing smoke fill his lungs. As plumes left his nostrils he spotted the Pair wandering toward the highway, setting the foul smelling pipe down. To hume the plants of the warren were dangerously hallucinogenic and damaging to the lungs and heart while the beastkin were simply relaxed by it. He found his spyglass, watching them approach the stone roads, taking another slow breath from his pipe. exhaling with a heavy plume as he notes a few hyane approaching from the rear of their vantage, biting his lip, looking down and biting his lip hard. he had to find an excuse to get over there. Yes he was a warrior but in truth abhorred violence, often leaving opponents injured and letting them be removed form battle by medics.<br/><br/>" I..I must think of something..."<br/><br/>He chewed the claw on his thumb in thought before smirking and sliding down the slats of the ladder leading up to his post, calling for his brother and other sentries.<br/><br/>Brother! Brother!" he called, the tall slender Kuguar slipping slowly from the large tent.<br/><br/>"What do you scream for, Raschen!" Loz huffed. "Why are you not at your post!<br/><br/>"Brother!" he panted as if he were coming in a panic. "Hyane...in our northern territory on the stone roads."<br/><br/>He did not lie. The roads were part of Kuguar territory which offered him the excuse to assist the Hume female taking shelter. He did not understand his reasons. He had witness the Hume and her Hase companion kill Kyote.<br/><br/>"Damn cave demons.." he grumbled, nodding to his guard.<br/><br/>"I know I smelled Hume" hissed a Hyane grunt, his spear drawn as he approached the van from the visually impaired front.<br/><br/>"And Hase.." huffed the Hyane's partner, licking his chops, black saliva dripping form his long jagged muzzle. Their hunting pack trailed behind them, watching their surroundings as they approached the Van.<br/><br/>Outside the van, Hyane serated blades ran along the sides, screeching and spewing sparks.<br/><br/>"Hase come out to plaaaayyyy" Hissed the lead hunter of the pack.<br/><br/>The hunters were simple minded but skilled. They were efficient in their kills but horribly sadistic in their methods, enjoying the observation of final moments in their prey's eyes.<br/><br/>"Hase come- What!?" The Hyane screeched as an arrow speared his forehead for the protection of the archer in question, the other Hyane raising their paws as they were quickly surrounded, Kuguar seen running past the van from the vantage point of the Hase and Hume within, a particularly familiar Kuguar stopping at the window, locking eyes with the Hase in silence, his haze moving to the Hume, a faint smile on his muzzle as he raised a digit to his lips in the universal sign of "keep silent" before rushing past himself, his brother heard snarling.<br/><br/>"What are the Hyane doing on our hunting grounds!" roared his elder brother, the Hyane heard giving half-hearted excuses and bold lies to try and hide the fact they were simply wandering as they pleased without observing treaty rules.<br/><br/>"I will have you on a pike at your chief's feet!" he roared, the Hyane seen going past once more with restraints about their paws, being taken away as temporary prisoners until the chief of the Hyane would come to claim them.<br/><br/>As the rest passed, Raschen would stop once more, eyeing his group before looking back through the window again, His emerald gaze locking with the Hase's once more as if to silently say: " I do not need your permission". Raschen could easily tell the Hase was the Hume's unofficial caretaker. The emeral orbs moved slowly back to the Hume. His muzzle curling in a fond smile to be this close, a fondness obvious to the Hase in his gaze. He nodded and gave a partial salute with two digits to his forhead before padding off with his group toward his village, his chest pounding with accomplishment.