Lion Head Mesa you didn't think that i'd come back alive

Your eyes, Maegi replied, without hesitation. Nothing about what he offered struck familiarity. He should have been a stranger. But looking upon his gaunt form and hollow gaze, she—

No.

Her mind was playing tricks.

Your parents? she asked, cocking her head at one last try. After a negative response, she'd abandon it.

They were packmates. Colleagues. Fellow nobles, in this strange, haphazard pack on the mesa.