Raven's Watch and as a black hand swept across the earth

His heart fell a bit when she revealed that she had not seen him. He knew somewhere inside that it was also likely that Pippin wouldn't let anyone see him; the boy had always been quiet, good at tucking himself away wherever he was. For all Mordecai knew, he could have stumbled right past him in the storm with the rain having washed out the scents and myriads of trails along the ridges. Then again, the storm could have also done far worse, but his thoughts would not venture down such a dark path so soon.

It was her next question however that turned his thoughts in another direction, however briefly. "Of course," he rejoined tersely, well before he had anything more to add on. He figured she must not have had any children, so he avoided using that particular instance, and went with another option altogether. "Would you not look for someone you loved if they were missing?"