the earth has music for those who listen
"I dunno," Mateo says about everyone's parents, as if Tal hasn't been brooding to himself about it all. "Dead, maybe? A lot of people are orphans, right? I guess I'm kind of lucky to still have two parents..." But then again, he's also knowledgeable enough now to know that having Remi and Ronin as fathers puts death simultaneously very high and very low on the list of possibilities.
The river babbles up ahead and Mateo's smile brightens; he releases the hanging snake back up into the trees and sets off to look at the twinkling waters. "Mm? Oh, we had to do studies of flora and fauna native to regions different to Stormbreak. Do you mind if I use your walking plant thing?" he asks. "I think we can probably put it down here."
The river babbles up ahead and Mateo's smile brightens; he releases the hanging snake back up into the trees and sets off to look at the twinkling waters. "Mm? Oh, we had to do studies of flora and fauna native to regions different to Stormbreak. Do you mind if I use your walking plant thing?" he asks. "I think we can probably put it down here."
