Stone Circle optimist

oh, okay. my name’s alsek, he explained, i live with polaris. do you know her? based on what he knew, it was unlikely that they’d met given the boy’s assumed age and how long they’d been away, but alsek was still curious to know.

ikiaq seemed interested in tagging along. alsek didn’t really know why because he’d figured everyone would want to steer clear of the sad kid, but he was grateful nonetheless. uh, do you know what flowers are? he asked next.