Lost Creek Hollow Good Omens

Sarah's inability to keep a conversation going had put off Ibis and she felt just as awkward as the youth, though for different reasons. She found it odd that she was a close relative to this girl and that she did not feel the slightest bit of connection to her. A perfect stranger like millions of others in the world. Except that they lived in the same pack and that for the sake of Terance the estranged aunt had to make some effort. 

"I heard you want to become a messenger?" Sarah gave a hit or miss shot and hoped that this question would open Ibis up again.