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Charon didn’t understand the gods. He didn’t understand why Ragnar didn’t have the answers, because he as an adult and adults usually had answers to questions. Ragnar didn’t seem to know either, though, even though they were his gods. Charon decided to give up asking further questions about the gods, because it would unlikely lead to answers to his questions. Maybe if ever Charon would meet the gods, he could ask them himself.

When Ragnar said that Charon had been angry with him before, Charon violently shook his head. ”No wasn’t,” he said vehemently, convinced that he was correct.

Ragnar then admitted to not knowing why Liyaní and Kevlyn had gone away. Charon felt frustrated that he did not get any of the answers he wanted, but he didn’t say anything about it. He always thought that Ragnar knew a lot of stuff, but now he wasn’t so sure because Ragnar had already admitted to not knowing like, two things.

Continuing his stream of questions, Charon queried, ”Why’s Ma and Da got other names? Uhm… Like, V’rine an’… uhm… Look? Aren’t they named Ma and Da?” Charon tried to envision his parents’ actual names, but he didn’t remember what they had been called, because he only remembered the names being mentioned at the pack meeting where their disappearance had been announced, and possibly in passing between Ragnar and Thistle. They were still Ma and Da to him.