it's on and poppin'

All Clouse had to do was avoid answering questions and he was like, eighty percent sure he could do this. He certainly wanted to do this, team up with his dad to pull one over on Scully. It was something he'd missed a lot since the Dell, especially when his cousin was being particularly awful; having Judas on his side to help him get even.

He could tell even from the forest line that Scully was worked up about something, and the youth hoped that would work to his advantage. He picked up his pace, bounding over the sand as Scully's eyes alighted on him.

"Hey, sorry I'm late!" he called out once close enough, mostly to Avella as he really didn't care about inconveniencing his other cousin, "I um, I lost track of time..." his ears fell an inch bashfully.