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"We were abandoned. What of the promises made to us? Should we have stayed and rotted for an eternity?"

"We should have all done what we promised. You should not have stopped coming."

"We left to see what had happened Perun." Cytheria said.

"The world had changed and the old ways were fading. Look at what was there when we last came." Kwyn said.

"It was worse when you stopped coming."

"Truly?" Reynard asked as he dropped to the earth. He looked at Perun and tossed him the almost empty wine jug. Reynard had regained control and his demeanor from a moment ago was gone. "I was there brother. The first meeting, when the three of us decided not to return. I was there."

"What!" Kwyn yelled jumping to her feet and upsetting her herb basket. With a curse she knelt and began to collect the spilled leaves that she could.

"We agreed Reynard. We made a deal together."

"Enough." Reynard said with forced exasperation in his voice. "What's with this family. It made no difference to you or Kwyn what I did."

"You wanted to know if I would still go. You thought I might have known and stayed away myself." Perun shook the wine just and upon hearing a slight splash of wine finished off the jug.

"It seems we may need two jugs of wine these evening. To be safe though I'll bring two this time." Reynard go to his feet. "Yes, I was there watching to see if you would arrive. I didn't enter, you would have known, but I wait to see you approach." Reynard began to walk towards the wagon.

"You didn't stay?"

"No, I left after I watched you enter the grounds. I had to know and once I saw you enter it was enough."