Whatever Aella was feeling, Larus wasn't aware. But she continued to question him, asking the strangest things - and naturally the boy was too dumb to realize what was actually being asked. Sistas? I haff sistas,
Oh, but this announcement brought competing emotions to the surface. Glee at the thought of them, sadness when he remembered that he was lost and they were back home somewhere, all culminating in a moment of confused silence from the child; his tail gave a wag initially but stopped as well, frozen in indecision.
Do you have sistas?
He asked next, clinging to the thought of Jokull and Maera despite the pit that was forming in his belly. He looked up at the big lady wolf and matter-of-factly explained, Are yous sistas meanies too? Mine are mean sometimes but is' only 'cause they luff me so much.
This brought a wag to his tail, but again the sentiment did not hold. He just missed them too much.