Whitefish River last week, i realized i crave pity

"Huh, Vesper, eh?" One of the siblings that he shared with Blueberry. She didn't dwell on the subject long but the way her tone dwindled told him she was worrying about Vesper. He reached out to touch his nose to her cheek; he knew how it felt to have a loved one go missing. 

"Y'know, maybe you're right, maybe she did go back to the island. A lot of the time when someone goes off on their own, they go somewhere familiar." It wasn't the truth- but it sounded like it could be convincing. "We'll head there right away then, huh? See if we can't track her down,"  He said. It was where the trio was headed anyway. The potential for finding one of the missing youths was definitely a reason to speed up their pace a bit. 

She mentioned the food she'd found and he recalled. "Oh! That's right!" He said, having likely been told about it. He bobbed his head. "Seems like you've already paid your dues then, you can join the band,"