Heartstrings

RETH

Behryn gaped. "You'd just… let him go? And trust him to stay out of trouble?"

Reth growled. "Of course not. I would escort him to the end of the WildWood and bid him make his own way from there."

"How would you ensure he never returned?"

"Firstly, the guards can watch to ensure he crosses the plains. But once they have returned, we would guard against him in the same manner that we guard against every other threat," Reth snapped, losing his patience. "With diligence and patrols, and a good eye for our own defense."

"We missed the encampment."

"And we will not make that mistake again. Have you not been continuing the bird patrols?"

"Of course, but they will only get more clever now that they know we know what to look for."

"Have you considered that they might not be planning a second rebellion? That the melding was real."