Porcupine Ridge Offworlder

He felt like a puppy again in her embrace. It was the love he'd worked for, and it was finally paying off. 

"It has," he replied. "As well as it could," he added. Truthfully, he did not care for time apart from her. Ches hardly knew what was worth spending time on without his mother's approval. 

The onlooker caught his attention, and he briefly flicked his gaze toward her. She hardly looked friendly, and that wasn't completely attributed to the scars that maimed her plain face. 

"We aren't alone, mother," he whispered to Viskani.

Totally fine! I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE INTRUDING LMFAO