Orha watched impassively as .. Albel gesticulated with his one arm. He was able to surmise the gesture, and the intent of the words accompanying them. After all, that had been his own thought not an hour earlier.
Without glancing up, the Yason impressed upon his familiar to fly guard - to watch the human at his back. He only spoke one word, "Come," almost as he would a hunting-beast, and then he turned to walk toward where he had found his makeshift clothes. Above, the raven wheeled in tighter circles where it could see both figures.
Had it been a month earlier, Orha would never have even thought to aid a human. If anything, he would have killed him where he stood. Or even a week earlier. But so much had changed in so little time..