Bramblepoint that's my music

Just as Elke told him that the bird was 'bound to' his cousin, the bird flew away. Caelum looked at it, knowing he could not longer catch it now. Birds and wolves are not bound, he replied matter-of-factly, as if he knew it so certainly because he was reciting it from an encyclopedia. He glanced up at it and sighed — it was gone now, so he focused back onto Meerkat and the game.

As it began Caelum played along. Sialuk was out first and laughed (Caelum was unsure why, because she just lost). He was the next one to be out, and Caelum took a seat beside his cousin.

The next to be out was Elke, and so it was his sister Mintaka that won the game. Though Caelum had lost, his blood had won. Congratulations, he chuffed proudly at his sister. He did not think to thank Meerkat for the game — he didn't really realise that this was polite or necessary in any way, not understanding insecurities others might have very well — before they headed off, though overall he had enjoyed himself.