Moonspear take your time

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Charles let Meerkat guide him to wherever she wanted. She sure was energetic. It wasn't much like Charles himself was, but he let her guide the way and show him some things. He'd critique, of course, everything they saw, in his flippant wannabe-cool style, even though a lot of it was actually very pretty. But he had learned that you should never give anything away for free -- compliments or feelings included -- and besides, unsure people were a lot nicer to be around than arrogant ones.