"Thank you," I said to Alpha Jones, as we walked through the woods.
"It's okay," he responded very lightly, "even without being told, I knew that light had Ethel written all over it." He said.
"He seemed so scared of you," I said, "clearly, you both knew each other before now." I said,
"Well," Alpha Jones responded, "like you, I made a trade with him before," he said.
"Wow!" I was fascinated. "I need to know what happened," my curiosity had my eyes fixed on Alpha Jones.
"Well, I was young and stupid," he began. I raised an eyebrow.
"Sounds like a thing everyone would say," I said.
"For me, I was innocent and stupid, and just discovered my abilities," he said. I had my eyes firmly fixed on him, fully invested in this conversation.
"I heard just how much my father, whom I had
