Firestone Hot Springs Is it getting any better

Charon still thought Osprey was wrong, but he had enough respect for her not to call her out on it again. It would be of no use, anyway. He just answered her question witha whatever to indicate the subject was done with as far as he was concerned.

Instead he breached a new subject by suggesting: Why don't you tell me what happened with the fire and about where you've been? Hopefully it would lighten the mood between them, even if it wasn't a particularly cheery subject.