Redhawk Caldera slipping and sliding

She easily talked along with him when he mentioned puppy-proofing the hill, and Eljay felt relieved. He smiled at her appreciatively. It was always a bit of a guess whether someone was going to be friendly, like she was, or if they might be... well, a bit of a dick. Unfortunately, he'd experienced both things in equal measure, and he knew that someone being a friend of Phox and Towhee's didn't mean they'd be nice folk; at least to someone like him.

Oh, did you live with them at the uh.. He tried to remember the place. The Strath? Hopefully he'd remembered that right. Then as he said it, he felt a pang of pain as he thought of Elfie, and then said, Did you meet Elfie there? It seemed to come completely out of the blue, and he waited breathlessly for a response to this question.

He did note that she said she was no longer a scout and he wanted to ask about that, but first he couldn't help but wait with bated breath for her response to his question about Elfie. It might not bring his boy back, but somehow hearing stories about him made Eljay feel as if some part of Elfie was still with him, as if he could learn more about his boy in some other way.