Jerrar had his wings spread, his back turned away from Kiriei.<span style="color: #BF4000">"It's only been a few hours."</span>His voice was a whisper and his head was bowed. Though Kiriei could not see his front, there were small stains of red visible on the ground, signs of a fight. One of Jerrar's forelegs was heavily wrapped in large leaves and was obviously the creator of many of the red splotches.<span style="color: #BF4000">"Kiri. I hope you're worth protecting."</span>He said, twisting his head to look at Kiri.<br/><br/>Off to the side was a lump of dark feathers and fur.  It was a Night Gryphon, half black panther, half raven and a large as Kiriei. It lay still in the dark, one wing resting a top of the gryphon, folded. The other wing sprawled out behind it. It's dark toothed beak was bloodied and it's eyes closed.  It was dead. Though it was obvious it had not gone down without a fight.