the blood running through your veins

[Halsin Silverbough]

You are rather glad about the company - since you haven't had any in quite some time. The only company you have had were the goblins and their kids, but none of them were great talkers. Neither were you, in your bear form for all that time, not wanting them to know about who you are and that you aren't just a bear. It was easier that way; safer.
Perhaps she - Nouzine - has seen a bear in you too, or what you really are. The question lingers on your tongue - the why. Why was she helping you? Why were they all helping you? Did they, in fact, know about you being that bear in the cage?

You move with her, walking with her towards the entrance of the camp, briefly recognizing the eyes of someone else on you and her - one of the tieflings who has been standing on the side for a while now, watching you two leave. Watching Nouzin leave, you believe. A silent question in her eyes, but none that she asks aloud.

You are out of sight of everyone after a while, moments passing, when she asks you how you got captured. You nod at her question, no offence taken.

Halsin

We were scouting the area, and one thing led to another. It was an ambush - too many for us to wield off.

It isn't the first time in all your life that you were captured, and definitely not the most unpleasant. Yet, you could have avoided that. You should have avoided that, with that many people relying on you.