Stavanger Bay tell me what it feels like

When he heard Thistle's chuff, Charon halted in his tracks immediately and turned to look at her. There was a sadness about her, but then, how could there not be? Losing children was a part of life, so Charon had learned from young age, as all manner of things could happen to young puppies, vulnerable as they were... But it probably never got any easier. He offered a sympathetic frown, even though she did not ask for it and instead asked if he was okay.

"Just thinking about Jorunn," Charon lied -- he'd been thinking about getting promoted and what it'd be like to be a leader for real -- and then he casually added: "And, y'know, growing up and stuff." Charon felt nervous, not an emotion he was used to having a lot, and he hoped that Thistle would be the one to start on the subject so that he didn't have to wait much longer.