Greatwater Lake someone’s taking over

Either she was being cheeky, or she really did consider herself cheerful. Phox couldn't decide which one was the better answer, so he decided to not contemplate one way or another. At least she didn't press the matter further, and instead seemed far more interested in the ins and outs of how he was still walking (kinda) despite missing a limb.

My memory is pretty fuzzy, he replied. I left Mereo—the pack I was living in—to go visit my sister. Somewhere along the way, something happened. There was a lot of pain, a lot of... it wasn't quite water, but it looked like solid, still reflection. Like how you can see the moon on a windless night. Then food would just appear in front of me. Already dead and skinless. I remember bits and pieces after that—learning how to walk again. Then I came back basically to where I started.

It was the most he'd spoken of the events that had transpired between Mereo and Epoch, mostly because nobody had asked him as directly as this russet woman had. He definitely didn't feel bad about trauma-dumping on her, even if he should have. She'd just offered to murder him, so.