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Lena was done meditating when Alistair went into her tent. "We have a new traveler, and I sense the presence of others, however I can't exactly place them."
"Hum..." Lena mumbled. "I wouldn't expect him to be alone. No one is that foolish. As for people outside our territory, they are of no importance to me."
"If they get into a confrontation..." Alistair started.
"They wouldn't. If Crys sends someone to handle this, well... She knows better than to try and start a fight in our grounds." Lena stated with a small smile. "Let us simply keep an eye on our visitors. As long as they keep to themselves they are not our problem."
Alistair bowed respectfully. "As you wish."

Lena laughed at that response. "I know what you actually mean when you say that Al... What is troubling you my friend?"
Alistair seemed to flinch at the question. After a while of silence, the man sat on the floor in front of his leader and spoke. "Dani Rivers."
Lena's expression hardened and her voice sounded slightly cold when she responded. "What about her?"
"Don't... Don't get me wrong when I say this, Helena, but... You haven't been yourself since you returned from the Wolfpack camp." The man stated, avoiding her eyes and trying not to sound judgmental. "You haven't exactly lingered too far from your tent lately, which means your headaches have been debilitating you and you have avoided contact with others which tells me you have been in a lousy emotional state." He explained.
Lena chuckled. "You know me too well. I might have to kill you in your sleep." She joked. "Dani was my family, and she's gone. Is my behavior that unusual to you?" She asked.
"You always accepted death quite easily... Even your mother, and Sar-" Alistair stopped himself before he said the wrong thing.
"Yes, even Sarah and she was a child." Lena answered, coldness in he voice. "I appreciate your concern, friend, but I will be fine."
Lena's tone of voice was a clear warning for Alistair to leave. The man accepted that response even though he knew it was a lie, he stood up and slowly made his way out of the tent, and back to his duties.

Lena watched the man leave and sighed. Alistair was a good friend, but what troubled her was something beyond Dani's death... It was the whole mess that she left behind. "Damn... Daniela, what have you done? These kids are going to kill each other unless they know the truth." She whispered to herself with a frown. What Dani had told her she couldn't tell anyone, not even another healer. That would be a violation of her oath, and Lena took that very seriously. Eventually she stood up and went back to tend to her patients. Whatever happened next... There was nothing she could do about it. Her hands were tied.