Northstar Vale The silence you left was the strangest sound

Yo, he returned to her greeting.

Zulema had materialized out of the brush, dragging branches and snow along with her. The Redhawk boy didn’t mind it. He imagined she was doing something exciting before he’d interrupted her. There might be a good chance that she’d let him in on the fun-having.

Zulema was quick to ask him how he was doing, though. The boy squinted and toyed with the inside of his cheek, picking at it with his teeth. He hadn’t stopped thinking about his sister. He’d thought about her so much that he was convinced she was still there – a ghost in the vale. Jack had only shared this with his mom, of course.

Just looking for something cool to do. You doing anything cool? he answered and then rebounded a question back to her.