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Of course he asked how long.  Are you staying?  Are you coming back?  How long?. It was all any of them were asking, and she had to take a beat so she wouldn't react to Eljay the way she had to Figment.  Her brother she could yell at, but her mentor not so much.

I don't know yet,  she replied, trying to keep an indifferent patience.  She hadn't been open with anyone, choosing to let them wait, but she figured in that moment she should probably tell Eljay what she was thinking.  He wouldn't talk to Bronco or Fig, and she could wait to disappoint one of them when the actual time to decide came.

They don't have a healer, and Kukutux seems busy on Moonspear.  Since you are here, I thought that I might stay.  Eventually.  But I haven't decided.  She wondered why he was asking.  I'd still want to learn from you, though.  So I could still visit every full moon, and we could swap info?  If he was worried about that, he shouldn't.  She'd never told him that he was a great teacher, but he was.