Sea Lion Shores Saw you there and I thought

Charon's conclusion was that Saena's mom was killed by a bear. What? Saena didn't hear much in her life about wolves being attacked or killed by bears, but that must be what happened to Charon's mother, or else he wouldn't ask. The very thought of her own mother being slaughtered by one of the largest predators in the area was enough to make her shiver lightly. "No, not a bear," she said slowly as her heart went out to the young freckled boy.

"My mom died giving birth," she explained, fully expecting that Charon would know something about giving birth. She was a teenager after all, and there were no other children at the Plateau from which to draw an idea of their knowledge. "I never met her. Did you get to meet your mom at least?"

If Saena had met Pied, perhaps they would've been best friends. Perhaps she wouldn't have grown into the female she was, but a gentler version of herself, more concerned with good times than with respect. Or maybe she would've turned out the same way, and Pied would've been disappointed in her, or maybe proud of her. There was no way to tell, and she didn't want to think about it much more than that.