Redhawk Caldera some day they will all be dead

she listened with interest— the most she had shown thus far. vesper loved her parents, but she would hardly call them cool. she was about to agree to meet her aunt, but caracal went on to mention his dad not living here... and then reciprocated her question.

vesper's jaw tightened, and she closed off once more. she wanted to talk about anything but that. after a moment, when her suddenly racing heart had calmed and the blood stopped thundering in her ears, she said, they're all liars, hoping to end any further questions. i'd like to go to the hobbit hole. there was a chance to towhee would also want to talk about vesper's situation, so the darkling might have been better off simply walking away. but caracal was helping her, and she would spend the rest of the day bored otherwise; it would take a bit more rest before she was ready to fight a wolverine again.