Dawnlark Plains Punch Face Champion

Grayday nodded. "Be careful," he exhorted, wishing he could take a look at his son's handsome face before he left. Unfortunately, all he had was his memories. It would have to do.

At Sunny's next question, he could only sigh and shake his head. "If you trust with your mind, there's no one you can trust," he explained. "Everyone has the potential to hurt you, Sunny. Even me. When you trust someone, you do it with your heart. You do it anyway, and not because you have proof. Then it's not trust. It's just knowledge."

The answer was that Grayday didn't know; Catori might leave tomorrow. He didn't think that she would, but he hadn't really thought that Amber or Akuti would leave him, either. There was a certain point at which Grayday had just gotten tired of not trusting, of wondering, of holding back. Catori would stay or she wouldn't. Grayday loved her anyway.