Magg had been attempting to hunt, something she'd only very recently become comfortable with again since giving birth. So sick and tired of constantly being in recovery, without any end in sight, both physically and emotionally. What if it was always going to be like this, now?

An abrupt cry and the distinct fluttering of wings told her the prey she'd been tracking had already been discovered. Magg scowled openly, rounding a few more trees before being able to see who it was. Her eyes narrowed on a markedly unfamiliar face, which was enough in itself to strongly suggest who they were.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

She stood fully as she spoke, lacking outright aggression but also any trace of warmth. Family or not, she couldn't believe this woman had been accepted into the Cove after what she'd obviously done to Magg's little sister.

Her answer was far from satisfactory, but it wasn't really antagonizing, either. Even when she could have leaned into the sarcasm, she just didn't. Magg's instinct normally would have been to change her own tune, but this perceived slight wasn't petty. Her little sister was gone, and around here especially, that could mean vanished for years or dead.

"Right. Instead of finding my sister."

Her lips lifted high in a wolfish, canine-filled sneer as she spoke before settling back into a more mild, but still disapproving, position. Pushing on, the poison was all conveyed through her voice, emotion building.

"Why should you be here, safe, when she's missing because of you?"

That was a little better, but not by nearly enough. Truly, there was likely nothing the other woman could do right other than actually bringing @Eclypse back home. Even then, Magg would likely be best satisfied never seeing her again, especially if her sister wanted the same. Which was probable, wasn't it? For the umpteenth time she felt bitterness toward her father for giving Nori a place amongst them at all. What had he been thinking? Just because she had a relative in common, that didn't make her family and certainly not more important than any of his own daughters. Yet here she was in E's place.

"What the fuck does that matter?" she shot back, honing in on the 'I didn't know she was gonna run off' part of the wolf's defense. 'Wasn't trying to cause problems,' then how did it happen?

"Do share," she took a step forward, tail bristling as it raised, "what possible benefit was there to starting shit with her in her own home?"

Plenty of wolves would have cared about Nori's perspective, would have wanted actual details and would have stood a chance at being swayed. There was little chance of these things with Magg, certainly not at this point in her life, and not over family. Her immediate family.

So, she ignored any points in which Nori might have been given some ground, and focused solely on that which kept her off the defensive.

"Plenty of game to hunt out there, where you might stand a fat chance," she bit without letting up an inch.

"I know my sister," a veritable lie, "you had to have done something or she'd still be here."

Magg hadn't really expected the win, at least not without more of a fight. Yet the other woman not only agreed - she promptly turned and left. The younger woman couldn't help but let out a deep breath of relief. At least something had gone her way, and who knew? Maybe the estranged cousin would actually come back with Eclypse, or at least word of her.