I guess that's as much as you can hope for, haha! Enjoy your new place, anyway :D
And Craw had to get one last thing in...
And Craw had to get one last thing in...
She looked relieved, as though this had accomplished anything for her, as though speaking her brother's name to a stranger was a tangible step forward, real, meaningful progress. He could understand it. When desperate - and this Zeta Argyris was clearly frantic with worry - any glimmer of hope was worth latching onto as sustenance. He respected her willpower, her refusal to give up. How long would it last?
With reiterations of the important details - to Zeta, those of her brother, and to Craw, those of her pack - he stepped aside to more clearly let her pass, opening his mouth to offer his farewells when he changed his mind. He grunted, in a sort of 'I just had a sudden thought' kinda of way, which wasn't entirely a lie. It's just that what he said only half-reflected it. While what Zeta had so generously offered so far left almost no doubt, Craw wanted to be rid of any doubt at all if he was going to take this back to Celandine - and so decided to reveal that he wasn't quite so ignorant.
"Wait, Zeta," he said slowly, an ear twisting around and a small frown on his face as though a connection had just been made, "Argyris. I'm sure I recognise that name... is Erebos a relation?"