Ktulu spent most of her time patrolling the border with her companion. She went one way and Eytan went the other so they could cover the length of the Falls' border in less time than if they had stuck together. And they were twice as likely to catch someone trying to slip across the border or waiting for someone to greet them at the border.

It was Eytan that was closest to Cowboy when he came to the Fall's border and it was Eytan that heard his call. The grizzly lumbered toward the stallion and emerged from the trees opposite the border. He didn't need the somewhat demanding call that the stallion had let out to tell him that he wasn't part of the herd. Eytan couldn't place his face and he didn't smell right. His head tilted as he used his mental connection with Ktulu to inform her that there was a newcomer waiting at the border.

"Make sure he stays there, I'm on my way." was the response that he got from his bonded. The bear sighed and sat, though the look he gave the newcomer suggested that it would be wise for him to stay put.

It took Ktulu several minutes to make it to where Eytan had directed her to, but when she emerged she stopped next to the bear. The black mare glanced down at the bear before shifting her crimson eyes to the stallion. He was only slightly taller than she was and a touch heavier, but Ktulu was not afraid nor was she intimidated. It took far more than weight to intimidate the Constrictor.

"I am Ktulu the Constrictor, Champion of the Hidden Falls." The mare said. "What do you want?" Because there was a reason that he had gone so far to find the Falls' borders.

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Names often meant very little to the Constrictor, but she knew Tyradon's name and she knew that she hadn't cared much for him when she'd met him. She'd actually wanted nothing more than to pick a fight with him so she had a reason to hit him, but no matter how she'd chummed the waters he hadn't bitten. Ktulu snorted and shifted her weight and as she did so her lean muscles flexed under her dark coat. She wondered briefly if he thought Tyradon's name would surprise or intimidate her when he was likely the one that would end up surprised. "Tyradon, huh?" She said, her tone bored and unimpressed. "If that's true, then that would make you my nephew." She paused then and watched his face for any kind of reactuion.

'How many of you are there?' Eytan asked, clearly amused by yet another member of their rather large family coming out of the woodwork.

"I don't know." Ktulu answered back. "Apparently my family has trouble not popping out bastard foals."

"So you want to join the Falls." She continued. "But what can you do? Do you fight? Steal? Build? Heal? What can you do for us that will benefit our herd?" She asked. "If you choose to fight you will answer to Ciceron and myself. You will be expected to complete patrols and spars each season. If stealth is your forte then you'd have to speak with Knox." She paused as she tried to think of who the head healer was since Resplendence had disappeared and who the new head mason was since Brisa had been promoted to lead. "If healing or building interests you then you'll have to speak to Brisa or Archibald, the herd leads."

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Her eyes narrowed and one ear tilted back at the name Auntie when it passed his lips. Roskuld had been the only one in her family that had ever called her Auntie, but that had been because Roskuld had been her only niece... at least the only one that she was close to. She had many other nieces and nephews running around thanks to Tyradon, but she hadn't gone out of her way to meet her half brother's offspring. Ktulu's immediate instinct was to tell him no, that he couldn't call her Auntie, but Eytan was quick to interrupe her thoughts and ask 'what would it hurt if he did'? "...If you want to that's fine." She finally answered

"...I've never met anyone that knew my father."

It was obvious to Ktulu that the boy was fishing for information about his father, but she remained silent on the subject. She hadn't known her half brother well enough to pass judgement on him and yet she had ... and it was unfavorable. She thought about Volterra and Nymeria, of their mother Confutatis, and she couldn't help but feel like any stallion that would mount her was sick and twisted in the head. "You'll find others here that know him." She said. "And you'll find that we have quite an ... extensive family." She said with a finality that suggested she would not delve any deeper into their shared family.

Ktulu nodded, unsurprised, when Cowboy said that he wanted to become a warrior. So many in their family had chosen that path she'd come to expect it whenever she came across them. The only exception she'd noticed had been her own daughter who had taken to crafting rather than battle. "Fine." She said. "Our warriors spar seasonally, so you should expect to be called upon for that. And you're expected to be present when warrior meetings are called." She stepped aside to allow Cowboy entrance into the Hidden Falls. "Welcome to the Hidden Falls, Cowboy."

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