Neverwinter Forest holding on to forever

rather than answer his question about mal, she latches onto cam's absence. he winces away from her shrill tone; he hadn't thought she'd be so upset by the news. cam is young, sure, but not so young he can't fend for himself, right?

sheepishly he tries to explain. "not closely," he says, "he's -- you know, i don't think he wanted a keeper, or anything." and also i was busy, um, mostly playing at flirting with pretty silver-furred girls and trying to figure out what to do about mal, he adds quietly. his face pinches in concern at her expression, reaching out to try and press a reassuring touch to her cheek. "it wasn't my place to interfere with him," okeanos says softly, "if he didn't want to stay, i couldn't have been the one to make him."