I filed that away.
He answered every question I asked without making me feel foolish for not knowing things. Where the medical room was and how to reach Sera if I needed her. Which parts of the pack house were common areas and which were private. How meals worked and what the expectations were around them. He gave me information the way someone gave directions, practically and without judgment, and he didn't volunteer more than I asked for which I appreciated more than I could have explained.
But I was careful.
I was careful in the same way I was always careful with people who were kind to me, which was to say I kept the part of me that assessed things running at the same pace it always ran and I didn't let the ease of his manner turn it off. I'd known people in Ashcrest who were kind o
