Moonspear take your time

Her impressedness was lost on Charles. He listened as Meerkat said that she had come here with her brother Bronco, and that was why she could come. She did seem young, so it made sense that her mother might not let her go. He didn't think that his mother would have let him go, if he had asked. That was why he hadn't asked.

Her situation seemed very different, since she was still visiting her home every month. It must be pretty close, then.

She asked if he missed his family. Charles' right ear twitched as he considered that question. Sometimes he missed Riley, and sometimes he missed his mother, but he was also relieved to be away from them. It was very strange. I don't know, he said, blinking. I think so. Charles frowned as he struggled with these thoughts, not sure what to make of his own myriad of feelings. He wasn't used to having so many of them at once.