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Her exuberant reaction made him feel even hotter under the collar. He backed away, feeling a confusing blend of happy and mortified. Atreus was just glad she kept talking because he was pretty sure he would be tongue-tied at the moment.

I don’t know any of those names, he admitted when he’d collected himself enough to speak. But I’m doing fine. I’m still working on scouting and stuff.

Atreus tried to think of anything interesting to tell her but, honestly, his life was pretty unremarkable. And he was okay with that. He felt comfortable in Mereo’s routines.

How about you? You seem really, like, happy, Atreus noted.