Firestone Hot Springs Memories Fade

Peregrine rolled his eyes at Blue Willow's insistence that she wasn't always mellow. He believed that motherhood had changed her, though not so fundamentally that it would make her a poor role model, so he made no comment. She talked at length about the challenges Saena faced and he listened patiently, up until the end.

"That guy can go fuck himself," he said emphatically. "I'll tell you what: if a misogynistic piece of shit was part of the caldera, I'd boot his ass so fast..." He shook his head, agitated. Why do you put up with it? he wondered to himself, though for the sake of keeping the peace, he didn't pursue the topic. It wasn't his business anyway.

After hearing his friend's description of his children's reactions to her own, Peregrine smiled. "None of that comes as a surprise. Pura scary though? I know he's big but he's a friendly giant," he said with a laugh, unaware of how wrong he was about his own son. In any case, the pup couldn't possibly know of Pura's benevolence (or lack thereof). "Hmm... I wonder if Saena hopes to be a mother one day." She had no deigns on Dante, for which he was secretly glad, but if she ever did ascend, it would be her right and privilege... and also her duty, in a sense.