[One of the perks of being dead: being able to simply rest within the blade made of one's bones and blood. She is more than content to stay there, but then the half-breed she now is related to by marriage keeps talking. Were it not for the sake of her niece, she never would have agreed to these hunting expeditions. Yet here they both were. She manifests opposite and to the left of him by the fire, shakes her head, and looks up at the sky. Ama, grant her patience.]

Of course they are getting harder to find. [Says the ancient princess to the former lord.] Im is having his people hunt them down as well. If we have heard these rumors, doubtless his spies have too.

[She says it in simple words. As if it weren't obvious after her nephew-in-law's first little "snack". Erra's eyes narrow, studying him.]

Are you asking me for marriage counseling?