The teenage boy scratched the back of his head. He was perfectly used to the girl's behavior when she thought he was tossing some kind of accusation at her. Seven out of eight times, he was merely curious and making an observation… like just then.
Fusand took a breath before turning his gaze back to the Goltbred. Pointing out when Nohre blew up at him unnecessarily also made it worse seven out of seven! There also wasn't much else to say, but summarizing their time with the respected couple couldn't hurt.
"Overall, they seemed kind and honest in their interactions with us. There was a slight feeling of being guarded… but not as if they were hiding something terrible. It felt... protective, almost."
Well, this one is barely longer than the other short one!
El learns what they learned riding the train with the Talcres. But she won't reciprocate with the rest of the information! How frustratingly 'do what I say, not what I do'.
Are you their mother?!
Actually, I guess it's more 'do whatever you want, but don't expect me to always cover for you'.
So she's actually the fun aunt...