Wapun Meadow no gale can down this ship

ingram would have teased cadeau if he had been aware of her thoughts. at one point, he may have felt the same way -- youth has a way of thinking, while age and experience often change those views. maybe someday, she would change too.

he was about to point out that one need not be your other half for that kind of hanky-panky, but the words never left his lips; he was mostly kidding, but the conversation had gone from light-hearted to rather dark again. now it seemed inappropriate to mention, given cadeau had just detailed she would have changed things if she was able.

"isn't that the way of the world, though?" ingram marveled lightly, shaking his head with a wisdom he had won only by years. "we all have ghosts in our past like that. but if we went back and changed them, it would change who we were fundamentally; you might not be better off, you know."