Hushed Willows but i finally think i can say

sure, ezra agrees, finding her grins and giggles to be infectious. even if it is hard for him to find it in himself to let himself feel so lighthearted. this was fun, for sure, but the heavy atlas weight of the mission he needed to return to waited just outside this bubble.

her questions gives ezra pause. he and his mother hadn't discussed what would happen when they found anselm and gideon. surely, returning to rivenwood was out of the question as he's made it quite clear that he would not go back there. not back to that cursed forest or amadeo.

his mother could do what she wished ... but it felt like a waste for her to initiate all of this and then not stay where-ever their small family was reunited at.

vell, ezra pauses, hesitating. ve are looking for my father and brother. my father was injured and my brother vent missing ... around the same time. i'm staying vith them when ve find them. i can't speak for my mother. ezra admits quietly, peering at her thru his lashes; almost shyly.

rivenvood isn't my home, he is quick to correct. not anymore. he adds softer, this time. too many bad things have happened there. he doesn't want to get into the nitty gritty of it, doesn't want to spoil too much of what has been a fun little hunting adventure with her. vhere are you from? vhere are you staying now?