Jade Fern Grove off the edge

vex is confused, initially, as to what ikiaq's missing sister has to do with him only for it to be spelled out for him as the other boy goes on about how he thought he was really brave and then got to the point of why he was actually looking for her with words rushed together in a single breath. for a moment, vex blinks trying to decipher that rapid spew of words as if ikiaq didn't get it out right then and there he wouldn't. for a moment, vex almost laughs.

he wasn't so sure he was brave; he was just arrogant and spoiled and that hardly equated to brave — but of course he wasn't going to say that out loud. vex's feelings switch again then to pity as he wonders that out of everyone ikiaq could come to for help and he came to a bully.

do you have any leads? any idea where she might've gone? vex asks. he hadn't agreed to it yet but figures it was best to get as much information as he could before he gave any sort of solid answer. from experience, he knew how hard it was to look for someone without any trail when they, presumably, didn't want to be found.