Emberwood and through it all, a dying wind of change blew

It was fortunate that he was trying to avoid the subject because she was too.  And while she still found his quiet to be super cute, right now she was looking for distraction, something his abbreviated answers weren't providing.  Especially because his answers indicated something sad, and on top of the sad she already had, it was entirely too much.

Time to change that.  Oh wow! It was an impressive scar, but suddenly, she knew what she wanted to do.  And so in a random switch, she blurted Do you want to hear a story?!  As soon as she realized how random it was, her ears fell back a bit with embarrassment.  It's, ah.  It's about when my big sister Sarah and I found a dragon.   But not the wolf stealing kind.  The treasure collecting kind.  He probably thought it was super childish, so she ended with a hesitancy that wasn't there when she started talking.  But telling a story, and having him contribute, was the only way she was going to be able to be somewhat normal.