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Kianna shifts, feeling Aya lift off of her shoulders. She stands up and stretches her back and arms to prepare herself to climb up the tree. She chews on her bottom lip and reaches up to attempt to scramble upwards despite any pain she might be feeling from the strain on her right shoulder. She gradually follows up to Sacha.

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Aya gestures to a spot on her own branch for the two of them to come up to, then peeked into the Brom camp to see what she could find. She was surprised at how ordinary it was. She knew it was silly to think that there'd be something like blood-covered spikes inside, but the lack of any kind of cruel pastimes still caught her off guard. The only difference to her seemed to be that the camp was a little more untidy than there's and lacked any visible wood pile. Perhaps there were also a few more weapons scattered about the place.

Aya could see plenty of Broms whom she didn't recognise, which was unsurprising given her tendency to keep away from the border before she met Destin. Speaking of the ocelot shifter, as far as she could tell he was nowhere to be seen. He of course could be in one of the tents. It was unlikely that he'd be let loose in the territory at this stage. "How do we find Destin?" She whispers to Sacha and Kianna.

Iris steps out of her tent, bow slung across her back and her quiver full of arrows. She chewed on the insides of her cheeks as she scanned the clearings for any groupmates out an about. They needed to patrol given the issues with the Rabins, or at least hunt. She moves towards a fire.

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Xavier glances at Iris and decides to mess with her. He wipes the poison off one of his knives. He tosses the clean knife in an arc towards her. "Think fast!" He shouts, hoping it would skim past her arm and cut her a bit so she'd freak out. He grins, watching the knife fly through the air.

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Iris was lost in thought before she heard his warning, and the knife wizzed past her arm and slashed into her flesh. It wasn't a bad wound but enough for her the cry out in pain and flash an angry look at him. "What exactly is your damage?" She snaps, pulling her arm towards her in recoil. "That was uncalled for!"

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Xavier laughs and gets to his feet. "I told you to look out." He shrugs, walking over to pick up his knife. "Hey, I wiped the poison off of it, you should be grateful." He grins cheekily as he picks up his knife. He turns to face her. "Seriously though. The camp is low on food, come hunting with me."

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Iris looks at him crossly and holds her self up to glare at him. "You shouldn't be attempting to harm your groupmates, idiot." She glances down at her arm and notices the cut, bleeding slowly. She huffs and decides to go with him despite his actions. What else was there to do? "Fine." She snorts, walking ahead of him towards the exit to camp.

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Xavier shrugs innocently. "Yeah well. I didn't actually hurt you, so I accomplished what I wanted." He grins at her acceptance to go with him hunting. He tucks his knives away and jogs a bit to catch up with her. "Hey, look I'm sorry I tried to hit you with my knife." He says, sounding a bit less apologetic than he intended.

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Iris rolls her eyes as he spoke, but looks at him as he approaches her. "Whatever you say, dude." She still looks a bit irritated but continued walking. She'd get him back later or something.

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Xavier huffs, a bit annoyed. "Look, no need to get all angry. I'll escort you to the healers tent when we get back and sit with you all night and tell you bedtime stories and everything." He grins, laughing a bit.

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"Oh, how sweet of you," she says, tone sarcastic. Iris steps lightly as the head out into the forest. "I'm sure the healers will love having your presence in their space as they tend to me."

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Xavier smirks and runs in front of her to stop her. "Why are you so angry at me?" He asks curiously. "And the healers love me of course! I'm like their favorite person."

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"I just don't appreciate being cut with knives." She states simply, stopping as he cuts in front of her. "Oh, I bet. If you weren't around they'd be out of a job, I'd assume?" She throws back at him, raising an eyebrow. She was actually slightly amused, but didn't want to show it.

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Xavier shrugs. "Hey, at least I respect you enough not to use poison when I cut you." He grins and keeps walking. He then pauses. "Do you really think so? That would make me pretty important." He says, glancing over his shoulder at her.