Tatehan watched her go for a moment, then turned to Kessa, who stood waiting patiently, her expression neutral but not unfriendly.
"I need to find my companion," Tatehan explained. "She's somewhere in the compound. Give me just a few minutes."
Kessa nodded. "Of course."
With that, Tatehan turned and began walking toward where he'd last seen Riven hiding in the now-dispersed crowd.
Thinking about it now as he moved through the compound, she had to have had a tremendous amount of luck to not be caught as she fed him instructions through the earbud device during the entire fight.
Maybe it was where she'd strategically hidden herself, or perhaps the crowd had been far too engrossed in the brutal fight to notice one person whispering quietly to herself in the corner.
