Part 775: Panne C

Yarne.

Gyah! I... Wh-what do you want?!

Are you trying to avoid me?

Wh-what? Me? Avoid YOU? Gosh, no! It's just I... I... just had an urgent errand I was going to attend to.

What kind of errand? Collecting provisions? Perhaps I could accompany you.

Um, yeah, I don't know... It's just...

Is there a problem?

No... not exactly.

Pah. Enough of this prevarication. We are kin, yes?

Of course. But-

But what?

The mother in my future died when I was still young. Before I could remember. I don't know what it's like to... have a mother. Especially a taguel mother.

Neither do I. I have no idea how taguel mothers and children interact with each other. My friends and kin were taken from me by humans when I was still an infant.

So... you have no idea howyou're supposed to act either?

I do not, but does it matter? We can forge a new tradition of what it means to be a taguel mother and son.

Hey, that's a great idea! We'll learn how to be a family together...