Firestone Hot Springs Is it getting any better

Osprey did not see Charon bristling, but she heard his tone changing and, how the air around them got chillier. She did not find this very comfortable, especially in her current vulnerable condition, therefore with her ears drawn back she took a step away from the boy. Not that she really beleived that he would attack her in a fit of anger, but the last thing she wanted now was a conflict. It was inavoidable, because she could not give him, what he desired. 

"Charon... I am grateful for your care and I am not slighting you by declining your offer," she spoke in a calm voice, hoping to avoid losing a dear friend for silly reasons. "But - if I asked you to come with me to the plateau - would you do so? It's not just Dante, I have a family there and I leaving them would mean letting them down. And I am too old to start my life anew again."