"I bet,", Le said. It hadn't sounded like there'd been that many parties in Elsa's life back home. Though that was all the more reason to make up for lost time now.

And needless to say, when Elsa rested her head on his shoulder, he had absolutely no objections. "Yeah, sorry about that," he said, sounding a bit sheepish, though whether he was apologizing for giving her the runaround, not telling her, or both was unclear. "Turns out she went off exploring without telling anyone and wound up getting lost. Predaking brought her home, and that night I set down some rules for future explorations to prevent things like that from happening again."