Lost Creek Hollow Time is life itself

He wasn't sure how he could make 'the festival' more specific. He hadn't quite understood the purpose of it or the outcome. With Lily's pack, he added, unaware that she probably didn't know who Lily was.

She was probably right, it was contradictory that he hadn't met anyone, especially when he had gone specifically to do just that. He was definitely disappointed. I wanted to learn herbs, but there were so many. They were all talking, so I watched. Silently and from the back. I just talked with Charon, but he was upset.

All in all it had been a pretty rough time. He didn't mind watching from the back most days, but not when he had had a goal in mind, one that was starting to seem impossible. He was starting to wonder if he would need to teach himself, though he wasn't sure exactly how he would do that.

There were too many, he finished finally, looking away and both ears splaying slightly back.