Sobbing. Very loud sobbing was the first thing that Artemis noticed as he awoke from his short time asleep. He sat up and stretched as he looked around for the source of the noise, though he could easily guess who was sobbing. He spotted Drizzt being held by Catti-brie, who was sitting on a nearby log, as he cried on her shoulder, while the other men of the group simultaneously tried to help but also not gawk at the tiny upset drow.

"Shush now Drizzt it's alright…" Catti-brie said for what felt to her like the hundredth time in only the past few minutes in her attempt to sooth him. Drizzt however didn't respond at all and continued crying.

"Ye need to tell us what ye need Drizzt," Bruenor said in a somewhat more gruff voice than he meant. This only caused Drizzt more distress and he held onto Catti-brie tighter and started crying harder. Bruenor backed off a bit, obviously feeling guilty for making his friend cry even more than before. Artemis muttered a couple of curses under his breath before he finally got up and walked over to where Catti-brie sat with Drizzt.

"Give him here." He said simply. He received glares in return. "Like we would actually hand him over to you," Wulfgar replied. Artemis simply rolled his eyes and stepped towards Drizzt, crouching down in front of him. "Drizzt, look here at me," he said in a stern voice. Drizzt continued to cry but did look up at him through his tears. His eyes were red and puffy, he had probably been crying for about thirty minutes Artemis suspected. He picked Drizzt up out of Catti-brie's arms much to her protest, but didn't give her, or anyone else for that matter, a second thought. Artemis carried Drizzt away to a spot not too far away next to a small stream. When he saw Wulfgar and Bruenor following them, he gave them a warning glare and they stayed their distance but kept where they could see the two of them clearly. He assumed Catti-brie and Regis were also nearby but Artemis didn't pay them any mind. He looked down at Drizzt who was by now holding tightly to his shirt as he continued crying, getting Artemis's shirt and cloak wet with tears in the process. Grimacing, he pried Drizzt off of him and forced him to sit up on his lap. That only served to make him cry harder. He's giving me a headache, he had better stop soon, Artemis thought.

"Drizzt Do'Urden," Artemis said with only the barest hint of venom in his voice, "Stop crying right now, you're acting completely pathetic." He didn't get quite the result he was hoping for however after he said that. He had expected Drizzt to stop crying and say some self-righteous thing about his feelings and try to insult how he had none or some other such thing. Instead, Drizzt barely stuttered out a few unintelligible words.

"What did you say? I couldn't understand around your wailing." Artemis said. Drizzt forced himself to take a shaky breath though it didn't do much good, but it did help him speak a little better.

"C-c-ca-can't st-stop…" He said in between his sobs. His shoulders shook and he grabbed onto the ends of his hair with one hand as he cried. Artemis didn't know what to do now, his plan had backfired and now he was left with his hysterical nemesis sitting on his lap. So he did what he had seen parents do when he had passed them in the streets in various towns. Artemis cradled him in his arms and started to rock him awkwardly, with a hand rubbing his back. For whatever reason, it worked in lulling the small ranger to sleep after only a few minutes, with only the occasional hiccup or sniffle interrupting the silence. He's so small. He can't do anything useful, not even defend himself or stop himself from crying like an infant. Someone needs to prtect him- Artemis immediately shook the thought away and stood up swiftly. He walked back to the middle of their camp, completely ignoring the stares boring into his back. Catti-brie was the first to approach him, Of course, Artemis thought in annoyance. "We've spent too much time here, it's already almost midmorning." He said as he gathered up as many things as he could using only one arm, the other occupied with Drizzt. Catti-brie shook her head at him in blatant disbelief. "How did you do that?" She asked.

"Do what?" Artemis asked back, not really paying much attention to her in favor of looking around for something now that he had finished packing up his and Drizzt's things. Catti-brie rolled her eyes. "How did you get him to fall asleep? I was trying to calm him down for almost an hour and it takes you all of ten minutes." Artemis slowed down in his search but didn't stop.

"So? He was just exhausted by the time I took him from you," he said in irritation. Catti-brie knew that wasn't the case but didn't press him, seeing as he was quite obviously already in a worse mood than usual.

"What are you looking for?" She asked after several seconds of watching him dig through pack after pack. He glanced up at her, "I'm looking for an empty backpack and a blanket," Artemis replied somewhat cryptically. "Why?" Catti-brie asked in confusion. Artemis muttered under his breath something that she couldn't quite catch

"I'm going to make something that will make it easier to drag him around all day now shut up." He replied harshly. She glared at him, "I was only asking so I could help you know." Catti-brie then pulled out an extra backpack from one of the bags along with a relatively small blanket that would be the prefect size for Drizzt. Artemis took the backpack first and proceeded to tear two holes side by side in the bottom, he then took a sewing needle out of seemingly nowhere and sewed a seam around the edges of the hole somehow with only one hand. After he was done with that, he wrapped the top half of Drizzt's body tightly in the blanket, leaving only his face and legs exposed.

"Take him for a minute," Artemis said to Catti-brie, holding him out to her. Catti-brie did so and watched as Artemis put the backpack on.

"Now put him in the pack, but make sure his legs go through the holes," he told her, turning around she could do so. I could end it right here, Catti-brie thought as she watched him turn and expose his back. But he's probably prepared for any attack I might try, he wouldn't turn his back if he wasn't. Catti-brie sighed and placed Drizzt gently into the modified backpack, adjusting his legs accordingly and making sure the blanket was wrapped around him well. Drizzt moved around a bit but stayed asleep and seemed to relax against Artemis's back. Artemis then turned back to face Catti-brie and saw that she had been correct in thinking he would be prepared for any attack by her, his hand on his dagger. They left their campsite shortly after and continued on their way to Silverymoon.