Lone Star Mountain alone with myself

Instead of immediately talking up all of Mereo’s best qualities, the man remained silent and the woman gave a rather vague answer. It wasn’t exactly what he had hoped for, so Phox wondered if he might needle them further.

Well, I want a place to raise my boy. And somewhere that he’ll be able to find himself. Phox realized he didn’t really know what he, himself, wanted. Wasn’t that always the way with him, though? I guess I’m a rather simple fella. A family man, if you will. He glanced at the other male, but he couldn’t seem to get a good read on him. Maybe there was nothing to read.