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Naevius had decided to travel outside the compound with some of the tamers. They had gotten a request for a specific janarim that the buyer had attempted to capture on his on without success. As Naevius normally handled things when they got to the compound, she decided to accompany them to see how they dealt with a difficult case. That didn’t mean she was exactly welcomed, many of the tamers cautioned against her presence. “It was no place for the princess to be”...”What if we got ambushed?”...were just a few of the things she heard. Sure she was their boss and everything but to most she was still a princess before she was a tamer. Not having Sebastien with her, who they did respect, definitely made her have to work even harder to be accepted by them. In any case, she forced her presence upon them and they set off early the next morning. Naevius insisted on pulling her weight, especially when they got to the last sighting place of the Janarim. She joined the other tamers as they fanned out. It was obvious that the ones on either side of her were closer than they were to the tamers on their other sides. They found it soon enough: lounging on top of a rock in the morning sun. It was apparently not happy to see them because as soon as it did it jumped off the rock and started circling it territorially. The tamers began to circle around it, creating a pen of whips and tamers. As if sensing their ‘weakness’ it lunged towards Naevius. She reacted quickly with her whip, it bit at the scales on his shoulder but it still continued on and was heading straight for her. Before she could even act again, the tamer to her right grabbed her arm and yanked her out of the way while the others compensated. ”Please, my Lady, stay with the cart.” He pleaded as he spared her only a moment before going to help his comrades but it was too late, the Janarim was too fast and quickly outran them. They’d lost it and would have to try again after their trackers managed to find it.

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