Great Bear Wilderness all these diamonds

seriously? mathieu asked, thought i looked pretty good today. he snorted at the joke and flashed a timid grin. why do you care? light eyes flashed toward the stranger, wondering how he might respond. the question was genuine; what could this kid get out of hearing matty's secrets? he figured that it was just some sort of guilt complex, and that the guy felt some need to solve mathieu's assumed problem. matty sighed and kicked a rock, sending it into the water with a satisfying plonk.