Hushed Willows friends let's commiserate

He was caught off guard by Octavia calling him. It was a pleasant change to drop pioneer ng by unannounced, hopefully not to make her feel bad again. He rounded back from the path he had been cutting to go back to the Crook. It didn't take him too long to get back to where she was. 

The sun warmed his back and he offered her a polite bow of his head, his blue eyes just straying briefly to the older female with the unusual coloring. "Need something, Octavia?"  and please don't say watch my kid - he would do it, but he'd be scared the whole time.