Heron Lake Plateau ain't that a kick in the head

Eljay noticed there was emotion in the response, and it wasn't a good kind of emotion. He instantly shrank a little -- though this was subconscious, he didn't realise it himself -- and said: Oh, um, I'm sorry. I didn't... I didn't know. He hadn't a clue that Bat had not said good bye to her family first. Eljay wondered if his family thought this poorly of him when he was in Drageda, too.

Then Eljay realised he should also answer the question and, a little belatedly, said: Yes, I was born -- in this pack, though at a different place, Redhawk Caldera. It's a lot prettier than here.