Ocean's Breath Plateau these are the things that i never will learn

Yes, why not? he offered, still a little breathless from the work of climbing up the slope. The ocean air stung the back of his mouth but could not dampen the simple happiness he felt, buoyant and true. The fact that it was reciprocated by Skua only made him feel as if it would never end, and though his childhood had not been a particularly happy one, rose-tinted memories of boyhood called to him.

When he had fully caught his breath, he turned to the younger man. Anything you wanted to talk to me about?