Hushed Willows Quixote

"Oooh," the youngster replied at this curious detail. "Wh—" he began to ask when a much more familiar howl interrupted him. Tambourine cocked his head, a lopsided smile appearing on his face. "That's Stark!" he informed the scarred stranger. And it wasn't long before the Alpha male materialized beside his young charge.

"Some lady ate his eyeball!" Tambourine said excitedly to his foster father. Perhaps because of Stark's presence, he suddenly recollected himself enough to add, "I'm Tambourine! And this is Stark!" Even though he'd more or less said that latter part already. "Who're you? Will you tell us the story about your eye?"