Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26288702-20161008211047/@comment-28358106-20161009013509

Hound rides slowly down the two mile road towards the estate. Towering trees and jutting rock outcroppings frame a great deal of the wide path, occasionally opening up to the forests and farmed flatlands beyond. The only sounds in the valley are the falling of the hooves of his horse and the steady susurrus of the rain gently falling on the pines. He looks up, focusing on a spot in the distance he is familiar with; a sloping, towering granite slab, arching high above the path---a perfect vantage point for someone who would want to have a view of the entirety of the road. He squints, his sharp eyesight looking for something he knows to be there, and he sees her.

It's Aegis. The Raptor Harpy Golem is on her favorite morning spot. Even in the fog and rain, by her posture Hound knows she has spotted him, probably before he spotted her. Probably since he crossed the border from the city road and into Cumbria Canton.

He knows she has spotted him, and he knows that she is aware of who he is. His inhuman eyesight sees something, even at this distance, that is unmistakable. Aegis is wearing an expression of unmasked fear.

Their gazes meet for but this half second, and she launches into the air and speeds off towards the estate, her wingbeats silent as a shadow. Like a fleeting, gray memory, she disappears in the rain.