Emberwood The devil in disguise had a poker face

Katmai nodded in acknowledgement, though he was fairly certain his family's land was out on the plains. If Eti didn't recognize the name, there was no more reason to press the issue. It would only further prove that they had nothing to say to one another, and Katmai didn't like that idea.

"I'm sure it'll turn up," he said, trying to sound unconcerned about it. He was not worried about remaining lost forever, after all. Just about the time he'd already spent out here, and whether or not it had been wasted.

Eti, he thought, looked like a man who knew something about time.

"Or maybe it won't," he admitted. "Maybe I should go home?" He didn't know why he sought a stranger's advice on this subject. He didn't know why he wanted to ask, Why don't YOU go home? and was embarrassed by the idea that the true question could easily be read in his tone.