Spotted Eagle Mountain The weak breeze whispers nothing

I love you, Dad, he replied, and grasped his father tightly in response. And I'm sorry—it's just, a lot.

He was terrified all of a sudden that Bronco would slip from his grasp, forever in the arms of this woman. Teya. 

Even if his parents' relationship was kaput. . .he still needed to make nice with the both of them.

So. . .should I come to visit, soon? he asked, smiling faintly. I can ask Germanicus for a scouting mission to our allies; he'd say yes, I think?