Sleepy Fox Hollow Pirates are landlocked

no apologies allowed, especially when Anselm was rude first!! :D

Anselm waited for his barb to sink. He watched it land by the widening of Etienne’s eyes, the streak of indignant hurt like a comet across his rich sienna brow. 

And he expected, in turn, to feel vilified for his behavior when Étienne bristled. It would fit his narrative that Étienne was deserving of this treatment if he struck back. 

But the yearling did not come to blows, at least not physically. His words carried a wave of grief with them that would have slapped Anselm sideways if they were tangible. If he was a little more empathetic, he would have realized Etienne’s grief was very real. 

Anselm’s ears folded, the fur along his silvery spine bristling in turn. 

This was the longest he’d heard Étienne’s voice. It carried with it a soft preamble, a foreign character to it that conjured images of another world besides his own. While beautiful in its own right, the foreigness of it set Anselm on his heels further and only served to remind him that Étienne was not family. So you bring all that trouble here? Vhy? We do not need little boy that cry all the time.