Swiftcurrent Creek ghost in hanging lights

lestan too was rather mortified over shardik and his departure. it was not something he could understand, not after his own maddened flight following blossom. and what was more, shardik had been so completely invested in lestan's own search when it had culminated in the discovery of the younger man's pups.
live prey. lost in his own head, it took lestan a moment to register that suzu was hinting at his next hunts, and he nodded. "y-yes. i c-can do that. i c-caught little c-crabs for my d-daughter, b-but I'm afraid w-we'll have to m-make d-do here with n-non-c-crabs." a shy glow in his eye suggested he was joking, though lestan was so far out of his element these days that he couldn't be sure how it might be taken.
"and suzu," the mayfair went on, "i c-can bring f-food as l-long as you n-need. or w-want. i d-don't m-mind at a-all."