Sun Mote Copse time's the revelator

it seemed twenty questions had taken a turn for the serious, delving now into territory that for arcturus, was uncomfortably morbid.

wraen did not seem so flustered; she delivered her insight in a calm manner that had arcturus believing it was simply factual.. and yet, he tried to think of all the wolves he had known that were her age or more advanced.. his mind went instantly to his sister; she was not so much younger than wraen, was she? how old had his parents been, when...?

"that may be true, but you do not have to live as if you are old just yet." arcturus interjected, stil feeling his true feelings on the matter were chaining him down. before he could say much else, wraen prompted him with another question that he thought lengthily on.

what had been the best day of his life, truly? he knew the answer, but it sounded dreadfully corny. while that day had not been golden, or even overwhelmingly positive, it had set the stage for his current trajectory in life -- and for that, arcturus could argue it was the best day of his life. "the day i met you. i didn't know it then, but that innocuous little day changed everything." he smiled to himself, yet it was a smile tinged with sadness.

no matter, life moved on as the river did. "if you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?"