Stone Circle if you're gonna tell them everything

This declaration was of great interest to Easy, who felt an instant kindship with the young man. Even if she felt a little defensive, too — he still stood between them and the stones, after all.

But when Milan questioned him, she remembered herself. Being much younger, and looking to anything familiar to ground herself. His mother's family laid there, he said. But it was his family, too, wasn't it?

Like Milan, she hadn't noticed any other scents around. No trace, even, of a small bachelor group. No trace of a friend.

Part of her was wary of his aloneness. Was he sick? Addled? But, as he seemed fit and sane enough in that moment, she decided to reserve judgment.

"Are you an Apaata?" she asked him, curious about his surname.