Jade Fern Grove off the edge

He truly did not have any experience with verbal sparring. This was... a new thing for him, and he was doing his best, okay? So he just let that one slide with a soft huff - it was dumb, anyway, and it wasn't why he was here. 

"My sister is missing," he explained, brows drawing together. "I was looking for you because I thought you were really brave and stuff and Iwaswonderingifyouwantedtogowithme." It wasn't hard to ask if he crammed all of the words together at the end, spewing it out in one whoosh of air. 

"I want to look for her," he said afterward, brown eyes darting to the side sheepishly. It almost sounded stupid, now that he was voicing it aloud.