Moonspear it's real quiet here

Her head tilted ever so slightly at his negatory reply. Pie remembered him saying, “I will know the place when I find it.” Yet he hadn’t found it, which made her wonder how he’d know. He’d mentioned something about spirits singing… but before she could reflect upon it any further, he said something else quite distracting.

She didn’t try to hide her surprise, nor the tentative smile that pulled at the corners of her mouth. Before it could reach her yellow eyes, he hedged that he had a few questions. Treepie bit her lip for at least the second time today. She felt hopeful, though there was a flicker of reservation that she supposed Katmai must share.

I know this is a good place for a village, she told him earnestly. What questions do you have for me?