Lost Creek Hollow Do we continue?

terance didn't hold his breath, but he nodded as politely as he could to valette's well wishes. and then, she seemed very shocked to hear about xan. terance was entirely unaware of their relationship, and so, again, it came as a surprise to the hollow's beta. "he does, yes. i didn't realize you were siblings," he told her, his ears pricked curiously as he awaited an answer.

"they are doing well," he reiterated, feeling a little bad he had broken the news instead of xan. maybe the pale man hadn't even wanted to share the news with vvalette-- though he couldn't imagine why. "i'm sorry, that was probably a weird bomb to drop on you," he added with a meek smile. so many weird things happening in this conversation...