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the boy frowned, mulling over his father's answer to his question for several moments. the way he described it reminded peregrine of what had felt like an impossible decision of his own, and the pressure he'd felt to make it, although the two situations had many differences. still, peregrine knew what it felt like to see two paths ahead and an impossible choice to make.
the difference was, he had actually gotten to make his choice. he'd chosen the truth. he'd chosen phox. but it seemed his mother, niamh, had made the decision for all of them when she'd left before peregrine's birth. it was terribly unfair, he thought. but at least they were here now. they were together. except...
do you think... everything is messed up forever now? because she left? would things always feel so raw and awkward for peregrine? would his relationship with phox ever be anything like the way things had been with maegi and mou before their lie was revealed? those were questions he couldn't make himself ask, though, so he settled for what he could say.