Cricket Creek Bog where the river leads me

Eljay listened vaguely to what Uncle Colt mentioned, up until the point he was mentioned. He looked up and blinked, then realising that they were back on the subject of anxiety -- the pack -- and smiled, though still looking uncomfortable, at Wiffle's enthusiasm. He wondered if she really meant it, or if it was more a thing where she wanted to be polite and didn't want to exclude him because she knew that it would make him feel bad.

"Yeah -- uhm, I mean, if you wanted me to.." He trailed off, still trying to figure out Wiffle's real feelings about it all. He wondered if Uncle Colt would join the pack, too. And what about mommy and daddy? If he could have, Eljay would have listed Uncle Colt's skills, but since he didn't actually know his uncle all that well he had no idea and so couldn't list anything.