Blacktail Deer Plateau I'm just making sure

Why was it always so that the days, when sensational news would be found out or something extraordinary was going to happen, began like every other. Not a single warning, not a single moment, which would indicate that something would change. Osprey wondered all of this at the exact moment, when Gunnar announced that Crete - her brother - was his father. Her first reaction was to ask all "hows" and "whys", but she realized that the kid would not be able to answer them. The next - failure to understand, why had Peregrine kept this from her?

Now what to do? Peregrine had made it clear that he had wanted no business with this branch of the family. Should Osprey do the same? Tell the truth and then leave it at that? Or keep silent? For she had learned that sometimes telling the truth, taking a role of a relative meant responsibility and eventually hurt feelings. This was the case with Saena - even though Osprey saw no reason for being hated and disowned - she kept wondering, if she had never told that the girl was actually related to the Redleaf-DiSarinno branch by blood, would things be different.

Eventually she decided to say something and leave it up to Gunnar to decide, what he wanted to do with this information. "Crete was Peregrine's and my brother," she said eyeing her companion's expression carefully. "I don't know, what Peregrine told you about him, but he disappeared from here one day and we never found his tracks, so we don't know, whether he left on his own choice or something bad happened to him."