Lost Creek Hollow ravensong

oh! surprised joy lights his green eyes at the news of more siblings. he'll have to meet them -- and dad's new wife. what is she like? soft and gentle like his mamas? well, he'd have his chance now. her questioning gets a sheepish chuckle from him, nudging her shoulder before responding. "i've been studying with mamas, herbs and medicines and things," he says, "it's useful to know, but i don't know if i want to be a counselor or midwife like our mamas." he likes caring for others, but he does not know if that makes him a caretaker, or if it's just the way elysium is. 

as for her other question -- he hmms, gaze sweeping behind her to the rest of the territory. "well -- sorta. ibis, i wanna try to find mali." he takes a breath, plunging on before she can try to interrupt him (if she would), "i know i probably won't find him, and even if i do, he won't want anything to do with me, but -- i don't like how things were when we were kids. and i'm happy that our mamas have his dad, but i don't think it's right, how it went down." a frown twists his open, gentle features. there's other reasons, more selfish ones, but he wants to keep those secret. safe for him and him only.

"but i want you to come with me," he says, laying his cards flat on the table. it's a big ask, he knows, and if she wants to stay with dad and their siblings, well, he can't fault her. but! "our mamas' have their new wife and kids, and if dad does too--well, it seems like maybe it's a good time for us to, um, sow our oats i think they say." besides, he can think of no one he'd rather have by his side on a possibly indefinite adventure besides his darling sister. "so... what do you say?"