Taryn was a warrior, if nothing else. She followed the voice of command, packing and assisting Lily with her packing. With that finished, she slung the pack on and fastened it across her chest. The anger was leeching from her and she wished to talk with Raschen but he was moody now. His fur was an odd color, not the normal, sexy silver but a rather dusty tone that blended with the Warren landscape. The group was tense as they moved out.<br/>Devlin and Jeb came around to confer with Raschen before they scattered to scout the route. With an easy grace, Devlin spit brown liquid to the side and raised his paw in an imitation of a military salute, to her! Taryn snapped into drill attention and saluted back. Jeb grinned and elbowed the other Kyote,<br/>"See you down the road a piece, ma'am." he said, ambling away, Both Kyote broke into a shuffling, ground eating trot, leaving only small puffs of dust where their feet had been.<br/><br/>The sun was setting as contingency pressed on down the road. They stopped at the iron jungle, the mangled mass of what history had called a city. A place of buildings so tall they touched the clouds and people, Hume, had inhabited by the millions. Taryn shook her head at the vehicles that were piled up in the middle of intersecting roads and the rusted out hulls that lined the once well lit streets. The wind whistled through glassless windows and the barren landscape was fully visible through most of the structures of twisted steel and concrete. Bearded vultures perched above the group, pointing with their feathered arms, commenting quietly among themselves. To Taryn their voices were like annoying people whispering during a funeral, too quiet to understand but loud enough to know they weren't trying to be discreet.<br/><br/>The group converged in an open area, surrounded by marble columns and broad stairs leading to a shell of a true building.<br/>"Must have been made from marble too." Jax commented as he and Lily rejoined them. Devlin and Jeb approached carrying a skin. between them. It was as wide as their arms could stretch and drug along on the ground behind them. Taryn could see the red and black diamond patterns on it.<br/><br/>"We found this not more than 20 leagues from the outskirts of this here iron jungle." Jeb stated, tossing the skin at Raschen's feet.<br/><br/>"Trouble is, "Devlin remarked, "This is only a hunk of it. We couldn't even begin to lift, let alone carry the whole thing. This is one big critter."<br/><br/>Lugwig's face creased into consternation, as he examined it,<br/><br/>"Herr Raschen. Is this the Cotl?"<br/><br/>Lily put her paws to her ears.<br/><br/>"Don't mention it's name. You will conjur it." she whispered looking around, shrinking closer to Jax.<br/><br/>Taryn swung her pack from her back to the ground.<br/><br/>"The light is fading fast and it is getting colder. We need to find shelter and get a fire built."