Emberwood where did the good people go

Sweet didn't know what to say when his sister began to interrogate him; she wasn't really interrogating him, but it sure felt that way. Her attention drifted from the shy compliment he'd made and soon she was demanding answers. Really, he hadn't been up to much at all - survival was hard work! But he couldn't let her down.

First uh, I ran in to another family. A mom and some kids, no dad. They weren't super friendly but they let me tag along for a few weeks. Okay, that was true. The lady had been very resistant but the kids were around his age at the time, and they were excited to meet someone not related to them; it made Sweet wonder just how sheltered they were. By comparison, his own family seemed idyllic.

After a while I decided to move on and it was a lot easier than... Well, than leaving home that first time. You know? And I wandered a little bit. Ran in to a big cat, got lost a lot of the time — didn't see many friendly faces until you showed up again. The cat part was a fib but he couldn't really leave Saucy hanging, could he? She wanted his story and he'd give her the best story he could think of.