A/N: This brief intermission features Corvus, our favorite tracker and dork. Shorter chapter, will be back to normal (whatever normal is) next chapter.


Corvus didn't consider himself a snoop. He just liked to observe. Maybe he had the tendency to hide in rafters and behind large objects so no one actually knew he was watching, but he couldn't help himself. He was curious. When no one had use of him, the tracker wandered the palace grounds, scouring for nuances that others hadn't detected. It wasn't to gossip, just to know.

After doing General Amaya's personal work while looking into her commander's life, he was intrigued. Recently, he kept himself occupied by observing not just Gren, but his employer as well. Corvus knew that the two made an interesting pair, but he hadn't had the time or motivation to look deeper into their relationship until now.

There were times he knew that they thought they were being subtle. For instance, when Gren would peer over both his shoulders before stepping closer to General Amaya, brushing his knuckles across hers. She would grin at him before doing the same – checking over her shoulders and then slipping her fingers into his.

Holding hands.

Corvus should've been shocked, but when he considered it, he wasn't. Maybe, he thought, they're just friends. Yeah, friends do this.

General Amaya was in a happier mood overall, even though she pretended not to show it. She smiled more, mostly at Gren, and her exercises for her soldiers were slightly easier. At times.

It wasn't uncommon that Gren and General Amaya sat together during meals, but it was after meals that got Corvus's attention. The two waited until nearly everyone had left the mess hall, and then they meandered to Gren's room, peeking down the halls before they walked inside.

Corvus was a clever guy. He could put two and two together, so it didn't take him long to figure out what they were up to in Gren's bedroom. Friends do stuff like this… right? It was at times like these when he made himself scarce, skulking around the palace in search of other things to observe.

Despite wanting to leave the two alone, Corvus couldn't help but feel drawn to Gren and General Amaya. As the weeks went on, he tended to notice how the two spent their time in the palace gardens, helping an aging, but grateful, gardener weed the flower beds. They made digging in the dirt look like an enjoyable pastime. When he thought about it, Corvus realized that a lot of their time spent together was in the gardens or in the dirt. He had never pegged General Amaya as a plant person, but maybe he was wrong.

Corvus's sign language was choppy. It was difficult to read the two's conversations from a distance. They were finger-spelling a lot, names, Corvus assumed. Were they gossiping? No, they looked far too happy for that. Also, he knew that gossiping was not tolerated in General Amaya's books and she was no hypocrite.

He observed.


Maybe it was coincidental that he happened to be in the village at the same time as the two he happened to be observing. Maybe he planned it. No one really knew except for Corvus himself.

He kept his distance, suspicion settling in his heart as he watched the two laugh, hold hands, point to items that caught their eyes. This was not the behavior of "just friends". Corvus followed them to a quaint flower shop in the village. Was Gren buying General Amaya flowers?

The two emerged a few moments later, clutching bags of… seeds? If Corvus squinted, he could make out that they were camellias. Why were they buying seeds? He was confused, but persisted. That's all they seemed to visit town for, aside from a beverage purchased at a stall on the side of the road, which they shared.

He wasn't getting any answers.

After skulking back to the castle, Corvus shielded himself behind the castle's pillars as the two returned to General Amaya's room first, then Gren's. The bags of seeds were gone.

Giving up, Corvus leaned against a stone wall. A soldier passed. He needed clarification. I'm not a snoop, Corvus reminded himself before he asked the passing soldier, "Has anything strange between General Amaya and Gren happened recently?"

"Oh, them?" The soldier replied, not stopping, "yeah, they've been together for weeks already."


A/N: Season 3 was wild, huh? Gremaya is kind of dead, but that doesn't mean I'll stop writing it ;)