Blacktail Deer Plateau stardust

he relaxed when she did, smiling in response. "remi," he echoed. "someone you knew. a boy." a thought came to him suddenly, and he added, "do you want me to ask around for him, when i travel?"

he regretted it almost instantly. what if this remi brought even more confusion and pain to raid's life? what if her old life had been so terrible that forgetting it was better than living a single day more? he did not want to hurt the girl, any more than she'd already been hurt.

"sorry," he apologized, shaking his head. "if that might bring up bad memories, or cause you more pain. . .well, i won't do anything unless you ask me to." he gave her a small smile.