Honeyed Pasture nightking

piper redleaf. "that suits you," he said weakly, fumbling for an answer to the question swiftly posed. but how could he tell the newcomer he was looking for another woman? with a last skim of the land beyond her shoulder, lionel thought it more prudent to focus upon present company.
"i was looking for someone, but they're not here. you are," the sea-boy chirruped, hoping to pull piper's focus from his ill-fated quest. "what about you?"