Val swung by Sunday night. I'd move back to my cabin, content to stay away from garou with the moon like it is now. I'd been futzing about in the umbra--experimenting with vulgar magics--for about an hour when Val showed up. After a bit she said she had a surprise for me that'd taken some convincing of others to make it happen, and that I'd need to come with her for a not insignificant drive. I agreed, thinking maybe the corax were going to declare me kin or an ally or god knows what. Briefly? I had a momentary pause wondering if this was going to be an assassination attempt, but.... It didn't feel like that was what it was, Turns out that Val took me to a small glade some ways away from St. Claire. She asked me to help protect it in exchange for respectful harvest of surplus tass. DEAL! She said she found it about two years ago when those wasp spirits appeared. I spent the night getting a feel for the node. It's relatively small and weak, but I'll take it. I mean "share it." Val's not told the garou about it, and I plan to keep it a secret as well. I can't blame her. She's a shifter and an ally and they won't even let her share their caern. Why should she share what she has with them? It's claimed by the corax, and now there's an allied warper.