Greatwater Lake [m] [p]alm reader

Penn snorted appreciatively at her words. He probably should've been offended by the assumption, but it wasn't inaccurate. "Hey, I'll have you know the girls can be assholes too," he corrected her with a smirk, thinking of his mother fondly.

Her question threw him for quite the loop. It had been a long time since he'd thought about his wayward brother who had up and bailed on him when they were kids, which was completely by design. Penn had been deeply hurt by Crow's abandonment--something he'd never completely gotten over, though the only way it phased him these days was the spite he felt when the memories did come to him.

"Used to," Penn admitted with a roll of his eyes, "Unfortunately." He paused and gave the female another look of curiosity. "How do you know my brother?" he asked, unaware that admitting his relation to Crow might have been a misstep.