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Charles was thoroughly confused when she said she lived here, and it showed on his face. She.. lived here? But? So she had been living so close to the Glen all this time and he didn't know? Charles blinked a few times, and then shook his head as if he decided never mind on the complexity of that question.

She went on to explain that her family lived here. Were she and Bronco related then? Huh, funny. And she'd got hurt, and stuck around here after healing up here. That seemed pretty whimsical to Charles, but before he could comment on her whims she actually turned that around on him and asked why he was here.

It was a good question. Why was he still here? Seeing her again just made him think about the Glen, and that made him think of Leta and Osiris, and... Charles shrugged and said, Yeah, you're right. Some stuff happened and Bronco — never mind, you're right. I should go. He felt like he had clearly overstayed his welcome, since the girl was so confused at his presence here. And now that he thought about it, she was right. It was stupid that he was even here, and he clearly hadn't run far enough to escape his entire history up until this point. Maybe he just needed to run farther. His heart squeezed thinking about leaving everything behind, but his mind and sanity dangled dangerously close to the edge of slipping when he thought about Osiris and Leta.

With a frown on his face that showed some of his inner struggle — determined but lost — the coywolf said, Well. See you 'round, as he started to walk towards the borders, fully intent to never see her again.