Moonspear Things Are Better If I Stay

Not long after he arrived at the stream Korei Julia followed behind. "Hey Jules," he greeted her fondly and he reached out to nose the soft fur behind her ear. The game was momentarily forgotten (and his children couldn't yet count to a hundred anyway, so they'd never even manage), though when she turned around he looked startled at the scabs on her face. He was about to comment when Julia called her 'Piss', distracting him from serious matters as he let out an amused laugh.

She tried hard to explain what her actual name was, but Charon chimed in with a mischievous grin; "Yes Julia, this is papa's friend, Piss." He winked at Pyx, but soon the playful mood was dropped when she said that she had been keeping away purposely, out of embarrassment. He moved closer and gingerly sniffed the scabs on her face, then asked: "Have you been fighting?" Pyx didn't seem the type to, but who knew — mostly, he hoped to decipher from her reaction whether she'd got into a fight or if someone'd hurt her.