Firefly Glen whiskey on you

If the delivery of her introduction struck the woman oddly, she didn’t give any indication. She introduced herself in turn, then asked if there was anything she could do. Meerkat sighed through her nose and shook her head lightly, then stilled abruptly.

My son is missing. If you’re traveling the area and happen to come across a young man with brownish gray fur, blue eyes like yours and a red tail, he goes by Swordfish. Please tell him his mother, father and brother miss him dearly. And tell him he can find us on Moonspear.

Was that a lot to ask of a stranger she’d only just met? Meerkat didn’t know, though she supposed it didn’t really require any special effort. It did assume that Keen here was transient, which might not be right.

Are you? Traveling the area? she thought to tack on after a beat.