Whitefish River find me in the moonlight

If Moonstone looked closely, she might see a hint of the disaproval her words caused the male. A father, in his opinion, ought to be there for his children. Wrongly, he assumed that the girl's father had been the 'hit and run' type, but he would have found the truth to be only a marginal improvement. Still, he held back his opinions on the matter. He would not have stood for someone speaking against his own sire, and so could not bring himself to speak poorly about another's.

He was glad when the subject turned to mothers. His own had been good and kind, if not a bit stern and opinionated. "Were you close with her, then?" he guessed, fishing for more information about the woman.