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She seemed to be on edge still, and he couldn't blame her. After all, there was plenty to be worried about on the Crossing, especially after she'd just been interrupted from her attempt to eat poisonous flowers by a perfect stranger who'd then all but insisted she come with them. He could guess the last thing she wanted to do, really, was to engage him in conversation, but he kept trying anyway, even when each question he asked received an answer but no return question.

She spoke of a place called Japan and his head tilted inquisitively before decided that it must just be another one of those places on the Mainland. He doubted he would ever try to go back there himself after his disastrous trip not so long ago, especially now that his herd was growing at a frenetic pace. He hummed softly but left space for her to speak before responding, his ears cupping in her direction.
"I'll never make you go back," he promised sincerely. If he had his say, she wouldn't be leaving him at all any time soon, much less for a trip to some unknown Mainland place. "I think you're going to like the Badlands," he murmured, offering her another grin as he shifted their angle slightly so that they would be able to cross the shallower, slower-flowing section of the river that ran through the Falls and Meadow.

Were Raegar a creature that could read minds, he would have gladly spoken at length about the way the sagebrush bloomed - the scent so strong that it clung to your coat for days - or the way the low meadows came alive after the first rains, sending up vibrant green shoots and little flowers that made the whole place seem like a different planet. But Raegar could not, and so instead, he simply asked, trying once more to tease a little more of Evangaline out of her shell. "Is there anything you want to know? About the Badlands, or me? Or the herd?"

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