Dragoncrest Cliffs starcrash

val stiffened inwardly. meerkat may have smiled, but it was cold — and he knew he deserved it.

now he realized he was a bigger baboon than he’d thought: not only had he made a situation about himself that wasn’t about himself, but he’d completely blanked on a family member in front of someone, who by extension, was de facto worried about her own family.

he wished to curl into a little ball like a hermit crab - to recede to a shell and have the tide roll over him.

meerkat spoke again, a frosty glint to her eyes and tone. i’m sorry about your son. he grasped at anything that might soften the steel bite he’d heard in her voice moments before. he remembered just seconds ago she’d mentioned walking. do you want me to watch them while you walk? the lake looks nice from here..