Moonspear hello, 911, what's your emergency

Speedy reacted half-serious, half-playful to his silly suggestion, and he grinned. He'd had fun, he had to admit, and Charon enjoyed having fun. He just didn't get to have much of it these days.

Thanks, he said, the words coming out awkwardly. He opened his mouth, then closed it again and, eventually, confessed: It's nice to be not all serious. There was a warmth in his expression, and something strange and somehow good about sharing this with Speedy. There'd been a few like her before, and he wondered if Speedy was there to stay where the others had left. It was difficult making new friends knowing you might lose them again, and it was hard to give in to what others might perceive weaknesses. He and Ame had had fun, he vaguely remembered, but the last years they had mostly had parenting and ruling over the mountain on their agenda.