"You should stick with your homid form to take pictures," Elton says.
"What about you?" you ask.
"Come back before dawn," he says. "I'll be waiting here." To your unasked question, Elton says: "Neither Stormcat nor I could reach the caern. It's 'mazed,' if you'll forgive my coining a term. Hobland, who also fought at the Battle of Graves Farm and who is an ordinary human, scouted the next day and found himself equally perplexed. But whatever happened to us might not affect an outsider."
"After this, want to grab a coffee and talk?" I think I sort of like Elton, even though he's a bit dour.
"You're just stalling. We should go together." It's like this Shadow Lord has a coating of dust over him he can't shake off.
"Did the Broad Brook Garou often work with humans?" That sounds helpful.
"How good is the cell access near the caern?" And (I don't want to ask) how fast can Elton rescue me?
"Are you sure you haven't been influenced or affected by whatever is out there?"
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