The Road Ahead
Whatever explanation either was sharing, it was drowned out by visions of the recent past. Large beasts bearing the sum-total of the lives of their riders lumbered past. Most were of a decidedly predatory bent with pronounced jaws, forward facing eyes, and muddy, indistinct furs and hides that made it easy to blend into the plains. Their varied limbs powerful and muscled in the way that emphasized explosive force rather than anything more enduring. One or two, however, had the clear cut and jib of a beast of burden. The centers of the community and where those not tied to the warrior's way rode and watched. Regardless, it implied a tribe that was far happier to take than cultivate like some of the more 'docile' groups of howlers and their markings were, at least, passingly familiar at a glance though Alessandro would have to take some time to dissect in his analysis to give a better answer to Amelia and Mathias who, he realized, were both looking at him now.
The latter of whom with an expression that was clearly goading him for an answer.