Wapun Meadow downtown

the boy, upon seeing him, beats a hasty retreat--which okeanos wasn't exactly expecting, but he can't deny the hum of smug satistifaction it gives him...until ibis starts glaring at him. immediately his ears flatten back, guilty at having interrupted his sister, even if his protective instincts tell him it was the right thing to do. "i wasn't trying to make him leave," okeanos tries to explain, but pauses and sighs, adding, "well.. maybe i was, a little bit. i just didn't expect -- i mean, um, did you even know him?"

he'd said his name was tristan, and maybe ibis had met him while she was in lost hollow creek, and okeanos was the boob for not realizing that. but he didn't smell familiar.... not that it's his place to chastise her....... awkwardly, he shifts his weight from paw to paw, and mumbles "sorry," hoping she'll forgive him for the intrusion.