Whitefish River happy to be home

It is rare that Winterbourne talks in large bursts as he does here; his raspy voice growing hoarse the longer he speaks—harder to understand, but Evergreen keeps keen ears on him, keen to learn much as he can with what his mate shares. Some of the details he knows, others are new.
Is… is that why Dawn acted the way she did? He asks quietly, uncertain if it is right to trace back to those times but it has bothered him ever since. They both seemed to have known how the other would react, but Evergreen found it odd that their desires had been distant at best despite being family.
Kaistleoki won’t be like that, he promises softly, knowing it has already been spoken before and proven, too, with how close Evergreen has tried to keep everyone and how close these two became. And, with flushed cheeks he adds; Our… our family won’t be like that either.