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Hana didn’t challenge his assumption but she didn’t look incredibly comfortable either. Hika could be clueless but he also remembered his lessons on how to read wolves. She had strong feelings but wasn’t willing to share them, nothing that needed a warning at least. She spoke about Sirius, Mort’s father. That was another wolf he needed to meet soon. Mort hadn’t called for his father when he joined, and that alone had put him slightly on edge, but it had probably just been how tired he was.

Hana encouraged him and the boy gave her a lopsided smile in return. He was going to make it and shine in the Armada if he put his mind to it. He shook his head at her follow up question. ”No, just the Queen at the border after we made it out of the snow storm.” There were a lot of faces he needed to make himself acquainted with. ”This is as far as I’ve gotten.” Without Mortis, though Hikaru was thankful he had such a steadfast friend to stay by his side through everything going on. ”You’re the first I’ve seen. Well, except for Hattori.”