Arakkoa village nearest to Naetrhim's camp, a few hours before dawn
Dozens of corpses decorated the once bustling village of Arakkoa. Their blood liberally coated Naetrhim's armor and runeblade. It seems that I went overboard. he mused once his bloodlust had cooled. He had definitely gone overboard, but it felt great. It had been so long since he had really cut loose. Now that he had relieved himself of his stress, he had a new problem to deal with. With dawn approaching and a child who would be expecting breakfast soon to wake, his next course of action was clear: catch breakfast. I know that roasted Talbuk tastes pretty good, but she might not enjoy wild game. I never bothered to learn what plants are edible in Outland, so she will have to settle for it. He began running towards Nagrand.
About three hours after dawn
Salandria opened her eyes and stared at the canvas ceiling above her. She sat up and looked at the empty space beside her, Did he already get up? Wow, something smells good. She crawled out of the tent and was greeted by Naetrhim roasting some meat on their campfire, "Good morning, Salandria." "What are you cooking?" He chuckled, "Breakfast." Salandria made a cute expression of irritation, "I know, but what is for breakfast?" Naetrhim cocked his head to one side, "If you already knew what I was doing, why did you ask?"
She just glared at him, and he decided to stop messing with her, "It is Talbuk meat. I had to get up early to hunt so we would have breakfast." "So that's why you weren't in the tent?" Naetrhim answered like he had rehearsed his response, "Yes. I hope I didn't wake you when I left." Salandria shook her head, "No you didn't. When will it be ready?" She has a one track mind. he thought with a mental chuckle. "A couple of minutes at least. Why don't you fix your hair and get dressed while breakfast cooks?" She nodded and went back inside the tent to make herself presentable.
Why did Naetrhim lie to me? And what was he doing all night. Salandria wondered as she combed her hair, a task usually performed by Matron Mercy. She had been so excited about seeing the Throne of the Elements that she couldn't fall asleep, so she decided to spy on Naethrim until he began heading towards the tent. What bothered her was that he hadn't, but, instead, he had wandered off into Terrokar Forest. The noises she heard echoing through the forest after he left had been terrifying; they were like inhuman screams and madcap laughter. Salandria wasn't stupid by any measure, and had made the logical conclusion: those sounds were caused by Naetrhim. Despite her startling revelation, or perhaps due to the shock, she had fallen asleep without realizing it.
"Breakfast is ready Salandria!" Naetrhim called. "Be right there!" I really should ask him; Matron Mercy always said to ask questions when we didn't understand something, and besides, Naetrhim has always answered my questions before… She abandoned her attempts to flatten a particularly stubborn cowlick and crawled out of the ten. Breakfast was over quickly due in part to Naetrhim's insistence on not eating, "I work better on an empty stomach." and partly because Salandria wanted to finish as soon as possible so they could get started on their trip. The pair extinguished their fire, took down the tent, and started walking.