Noctisardor Bypass Are you sure she's a chick? And not a guy? Or like, part guy part shark?

They were supposed to be back. Even she's saying that! he huffed, sharply. Mom's supposed to teach us stuff, not have to go look for them. Of all the things that had happened, this seemed to be boosting Spook's willingness to speak up the most, or at least that seemed to be the case with his sister.

I dunno, I'm working that out, but there's gotta be something. You obviously can't think of anything so you're just not going to try! He scowled at her, daring her to think up some plan because she just didn't care, did she? Spook wanted his dad back. And it was okay if his brother showed up too, even if he got bullied by Pike a fair bit too. He wanted Arbiter to pay more attention to him, even if he wasn't as young and helpless as he used to be -- he wanted to show off how he was totally an adult and able to do stuff, but if she was distracted, maybe she just wasn't seeing it...