Aya lets out a sigh of relief and stands up, brushing off her pants. "Um, thanks for recognising me." She hesitates, not sure where to go with this conversation. It seemed unsafe to just tell two Broms that Destin was going to leave them from the Rabins, but it seemed an equally bad idea to lie about knowledge of Destin's whereabouts. In the end she settled for a compromise of not specifying what was going on. "Ah... Well... I saw him on the other side of the river not too long ago. It looked like he was heading deeper in your side of the forest." She looks with fear at Jayden and takes a few steps backwards. "S-sorry. I didn't realise I was on your territory."

Jayden narrows his eyes slightly at Aya, but nods. "Very well. You need to mind the territories, Rabin." He shoots a look at Elauna before heading towards where Aya motioned. He sniffs the air to see if he could catch wind of the small healer. "Destin, why do you have to be like this?" He mutters to himself.

"I'm sorry..." Aya said to both of them, bowing her head in apology. "Please, just let me go. I won't tell anybody about what happened! And I promise, I'll never cross the river again after this." In fact, I'll barely have a reason to go near the river. She hoped that Destin would show up soon and find the Brom he'd been talking about. She just wanted to get away from these people. Even though they seemed unwilling to harm her, who knew how quickly the minds of these strangers would change.

Jayden follows the trail back to camp. He could make out Destin's scent as he moved through the trees. "Hmm, so Aya was telling the truth." He spoke his thoughts aloud as he makes his way to the healer. "Destin? Where are you?" He calls out, hoping to run into him. "Come here please. We need to go find Elauna."

Aya sighs. It would be stupid to run when a wolf could easily catch her. She could shift and fly away, but then Destin would be left wondering where she went. In fact, it was probably better that she couldn't leave here. At least Destin would know where she was. Maybe he could even talk this Brom down from keeping her. After all, what else could they do with her? She looks at Elauna carefully. She didn't really have the face of a nice personality.

Aya allowed herself to relax before she began to talk. She had gotten quite good at lying to patients when she didn't want them to know how bad things were. She knew it did no good to look nervous. "Everyone's always so busy at camp, you know. Since I'm the only healer I think they forget how much effort my job takes. They don't want to come out looking for herbs with me, you know? Even though it's gotten colder, you can sometimes find a few by the river if you're lucky." She felt that she was throwing the Rabins under the bus, but she couldn't think of any other excuse to being alone.

Jayden eyes Destin over before replying. "Because, we found the Rabin healer on our side of the river." He flicks his tail as he speaks. "She told me to get you, and then we're going back to camp." Jayden personally wanted to deal with this and go on the opposite side of where Elauna would end up going. Being around her was mentally draining.

Aya shrugs, trying not to let the shot at her group get to her. "Well, they know I'm here. If I don't show up in a little while they'll come looking." That wasn't true in the slightest, but Aya wanted Elauna to think that she couldn't be held here forever. She had to bite her tongue at the mention of Destin. It still didn't feel right to tell a Brom what was going. "So... Who are you?" She asks, trying to change the topic of conversation.

"What's up?" Jayden looks down at Destin with a frown. "You seem upset." The larger shifter walks alongside the ocelot, easily matching his pace. "You can tell me, you know. I won't let Elauna snap at you."

"...Elauna?" Despite her calm, Aya couldn't hide the look of surprise that appeared on her face. This was the girl that Destin wanted to replace her? She didn't seem a thing like a healer. Should she just tell Elauna what was going on? No... This girl seemed cruel in some way. She answered her question in order to try to mask her surprise. "I'm a Rabin healer and my name's Aya. That's all there is to it." She frowned. "I don't need to make a choice like that, so I'm certainly not going to tell you."

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Destin shrugs. "I'm just..." He looks at the larger boy and gulps. "It's not just Elauna I'm worried about, it's the entire group..." His heart skipped a beat as he wonders if he could trust Jayden. He stops walking. "I'm leaving the Broms." He then squeaks and flinches, expecting Jayden to attack or try to kill him.