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[LUMIA CIPHER.]

This time, it wasn't the scent of the Coalition that drew Lumia over to the The Typhoon's gate. Instead, she was drawn over by the scent of blood and gore, a small frown of worry on her face as she approached. A couple of questions were already lingering within her mind – was someone hurt? Had the Coalition left some gruesome prize on their border? That second one turned out to be somewhat true, but... not in the way that she had been thinking. Instead of coming across some fresh corpse, she came across Maude, the dire wolf covered in the smell of blood and gore. Upon seeing the other, Lumia froze up, her gaze going wide in surprise and anxiety. Not necessarily fear, as she had taken Maude on once before, but that had been before the raid. Before she had skewered Ruven with her abilities. Not to mention the fact that their last fight had been when Maude was only a feline, not a towering canine. The young Cipher supposed she could shift into the lioness form she had used to grab Ravenwood, but... would that really even the odds?

She was getting ahead of herself, though. Maude hadn't attacked immediately upon sensing her, which was... interesting. That made her think that perhaps – just perhaps – the wanderer hadn't come to kill anyone. Clearing her throat, Lumia stepped forward before she spoke, "It's just me." It was an odd greeting, to be giving a member of the Coalition. After all, they had fought the first time they had met, and yet she greeted Maude like an old friend... she didn't want to think about that too much. Nor did she want to think about how the other's dire wolf form made her heart flutter a bit – even beneath the smell. Instead, she focused on the moment at hand, sitting down nearby before she questioned, "What are you doing here? Are you here to... get revenge for that boy?" She didn't know of the relationship between Maude and Ruven, but she had to assume that the other was angry. Ruven had been a fellow wanderer regardless of his and Maude's personal connections, after all.

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