Emberwood am i bleeding from the storm?

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The boy paused when Delight asked what a crab was, momentarily thrown off; had he never seen one, or did he simply not know the name? He was about to explain, but then— then he noticed the other boy's faint smile, and the words died at the tip of his tongue. For once, there was no sudden, desperate urge to ramble on, and Alarian was grateful for it. The small moment— even if it was only a moment to him, it counted!— passed quietly, and Ali only returned the smile.
Of course, the invitation made things worse. Something about this wolf struck him in ways— but those were ways he would never again allow to happen so quickly. It had been foolish the first time.
I will. He said it lightly, but to him it was a promise. Ali gestured for the other to follow him, and prepared to tell him all about the horrors of crabs as they hunted.