Horizon Ridge if she ever, ever knew

though the question asked by the stranger was not illogical, it draws ingram up short. though his ...relationship with ash paw was slowly becoming more friendly — a surprise! given how violently it had started — there is still much of her he does not know. because he has not asked, perhaps, though the dreadfather is of the mind that if she wanted to tell him: she would.

a flaw in his thoughts; but to be expected of one who was the iron guardian, who was used to holding his cards so very close to his chest.

she might be, ingram speaks, hedging that he is not really sure. some pasts do not wish to be pried into. to ingram, this sounds better than saying he hadn't been arsed enough to ask.

at any rate, she knows much. perhaps now he was simply embellishing ...but he remembers her cub-like excitement when she showed him the garden she'd discovered. part of the seaweed is for her. the rest will go on the alters of our gods. those wearing mortal flesh ( such as himself ) and those who remained in their own realms.