Kirigan had heard enough, moving away to send Ivan to the outpost to find the trackers and kill them. He couldn’t let her find the stag when she was being so unreasonable with her ideals. He needed to groom her and Nikolai to his wants and needs.
So later that night, he lied about Ivan’s whereabouts.
“Rumors the apparat was working with a cult. He’s gone to sus out the issues.” He explained.