Stone Circle Lost and found

The flow of their conversation returned to a positive light which Evergreen, too, was grateful for. His eyes lit with warm, and smile wide as Ira wore one herself, although small and subtle. If Evergreen weren't the observant type, it would've been easy to gloss over. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to notice.

I'm not sure if you could count it as a "pack", Evergreen paused, thinking about the numbers. They did sort of claim a plot of land themselves but they had no official name, nor a ranking system. It was just... family. My uncle Kaisyn, my mother, Oki, and my sister. Sometimes we got visited by a few friends that stayed a moon cycle, but they never stuck around for long.

I was, uh... adopted though, He said, somewhat sheepish. Despite how open Oki was—she never once tried to make him believe they were related by blood, Evergreen always found it odd to mention his biological parents. Oki always mentioned how heroic they were to lead him to their family, and that they loved him very much but had a destiny elsewhere. So maybe it was more similar to Easthollow than even he assumed. Hm.

Heh, Evergreen chuckled, cheeks heated with a blush at Ira's obvious amusement. Uncle would whipped them into shape right away. He's such a stickler for rules and respecting your elders. Totally that one person that starts all conversations with—Evergreen puffed his chest out, sitting at his full height and looking akin to a crabby old woman—"When I was your age...!"