Coconut Grove I know places we can hide

Speedy stated that she knew Wraen, and somehow Slavik wasn’t surprised. This wasn’t their first mutual acquaintance; Ceara had also recognized Speedy, when he’d met her in the charred forest. Speedy seemed to know everyone, and he loved that about her. Did she tell you a story too? she told me this one about a bird king, he asked, wondering if sharing stories with strangers was something Wraen did often.

When he said that he’d postponed going to a pack to be with her, Speedy’s grin widened. It was smiles like these that reminded Slavik why he’d done that, why he’d veered from his chosen course to do travel with her instead. So am I, otherwise I would’ve never been here to pop this milk ball open for you and you’d be milk ball-less, he teased with a playful smirk on his lips.

She rolled the ball back to him and began to explain her own plan. Slavik licked at the milk as he listened, savoring the strange flavor. So she already had a plan too, a pack called Moonspear. He was about to remark on the irony of Sunspire and Moonspear, when he noticed Speedy look away shyly. That was unlike her, he’d never known her to be timid. Why was she shy, was there something more to her question or was he just overanalyzing relationships like he tended to do sometimes. Instinctively he looked away too, his cheeks hot red under his blonde fur.

If you want to go to Moonspear, then I’m going too. You’re like, the closest friend I’ve made, and we’re travel buddies! And I don’t... I don’t really want to go to a pack without you. Would be really boring honestly, he said sincerely, with a slight chuckle at the last part.