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Valiant nodded peacefully along to talk about Bearclaw — and what a name! He thought not quite charitably about her, based solely on his annoyance with her brother.

When White Elk had finished speaking, Valiant cut in to say, "This man was askin' after Callyope. Says he'd like a chaperone so they can take a walk together."

He kept his tone as free of judgement as he could, but a slight infection on the chosen activity seemed to say something just a little bit more. Mainly that Valiant thought it must be something more than the few words made it sound like.