Sequoia Coast Ocean of Stars

That's it? Wraen looked at the boy, feeling intinctively that there was more to the story and expecting him to reveal it. But this did not seem to happen and she knew that prying would not help her either. She decided to give Elfie time and return to the matter later. Let him make the decision to be honest with her. Or not.

"I was born here, this is, where my parents fell in love and married," she told him. "Not much of it is left now. I was not here, when the fire destroyed this place completley, though, when I look up, the trees feel just as tall as they did, when I was a kid," she explained, smiling. "It is a nice place to come and think. And remember."