Horizon Ridge For the Heart

Pump was not very good at reading people, neither did she trust everything she saw. Therefore she put much value in what people did - a work well done was always more important than the character of the person. When he sat down and averted her gaze, for a moment she feared that he would turn all weird just the same way Kennedy sometimes did, when he didn't feel confident enough around her. But this was not the case. Another bonus.

She listened to his tale very carefully and, after he had finished, sat in silence for a short while. Contemplating, what to tell him. Technically she was a leader and she had the rights to implement rules. Yet it did not feel exactly right. Not yet, anyway. "What made you leave your home?" she asked.