Ouroboros Spine Finding my purpose

It was a relief when she didn't immediately call him out, and it sounded like she was pleased with the pack this far. Valiant was glad, as it had become special to him very quickly. But she proved his worries were not entirely unfounded with her next words.

"To travel," he repeated, his ears ringing. He blinked, shaking away that cool trickle of dread as if it were water. "That's — she'd be real good to learn from."

And Minnow would be a good healer.

Valiant still didn't want her to go.

"Whereabouts is that?" he asked, a forced nonchalance belying the anxiety he felt over the matter.