The chaos from the birds, seemingly erratic, was well orchestrated to peel the rogues away from the civilians. Caden had witnessed this same occurrence back at his King's coronation and knew what would happen.
What he hadn't expected, however, was for there for Jeremiah to show up at the same time as the birds. His arrival felt too perfect to have been an accident. Nevertheless, Caden was happy to see his Luna's old friend after such a long time.
Something was different about him though. Whilst he'd smiled upon seeing Caden, his face was now set in a focused expression as he let loose one steel arrow after another.
When the hooded man aimed at one of the rogues, the birds would clear an opening and his arrow would sail through, downing the rogue in a single shot.
Even under the overgrown mop of black hair that tumbled to his shoulders and the stubble that had now grown to give him an older appearance, Jeremiah had a face that was impossible to forget.