Swiftcurrent Creek No one Dared, Disturb the sound of silence

i am SO sorry, wren got wrapped up in a bunch of stuff and this thread completely escaped me D: we can fade here if you want!

He refuses to insult her father. We love them anyway, he says. Do we? Are we supposed to?
He goes on to explain polyamory — or at least, his personal definition of it — and Wren nods, listening only faintly as the distant rush of the creek picks her up and takes her away. Her father. Her father, her father—
Thanks for the advice, big guy, she finally says, allowing herself to look up at him. sometimes it's nice to just... talk to somebody.
Perhaps now in her mind, she would shuffle Arric into the maybe friend folder.