Lost Creek Hollow The Warmth That Thaws a Soul

no worries, holidays are crazy. :) i'm gonna go ahead and title you up (and unlock your other thread) so you can start posting more too, and then we can slowly draw this thing to a close!

He was eager, Mordecai would give him that. And though he found himself still wary of the notion that they would be taking in someone who didn't entirely know what they were doing, he also found himself relenting in keeping them out. It had perhaps been his more eager subordinates that kept their numbers solid, so one more wouldn't have hurt them. It wasn't like they didn't have the stock to keep them fed, right?

He let out the breath he had been holding, stifling it away from being a sigh. At least this one had been keen to show submission where it was needed, so not all was lost on him. "You'll have to work to keep your place here," he decided on, "but I don't think I have to tell you much more than that." It wouldn't be easy, but then again in the middle of winter few things were easy.

"Lagon," he said, seeking out the other who had sat by so quietly, "would you show him around?"