Just as he thought, Geneva had very logical reasons as to why it was preferable that they went to Jefferson rather than Jefferson came to them. Pripyat couldn’t argue them either, Phoenix Valley was run by Jefferson, Pripyat had known that. Pripyat didn’t know that Geneva had been a leader too, that she had worked alongside his father in such a manner. Jefferson’s duties as leader never quite concerned Pripyat before, for so rarely he saw his father that he had never seen the Patriarch at work. Yet Geneva was right, Phoenix Valley would need him, and perhaps more than mother and son did. They two had gone a couple of months without him, they could go more months without him, but they wanted him. At least Mother did, and in a way that meant Pripyat did too. And maybe Mother wanted Phoenix Valley too.
Brilliantly blue eyes wandered back to Raven Beacon, to his home. Geneva words cradled him, telling him they could stay if he requested it, until he felt like leaving. It was such a comfort, knowing his mother wouldn’t push him out of his safety zone. And he knew that she meant her words, that if he turned back and said “stay”, she would. Yet perhaps mother knew son better than son knew mother, because it was just such an offer that made up his mind. He didn’t want to stay back, didn’t want to be safe. If Mother wanted to move on, he would go, of course. And they didn’t even have to come back. He wasn’t going to stay behind because he wasn’t ready. Pripyat was ready for anything!
"I’s ready." Pripyat puffed out his chest, standing up and lifting his head boldly to Geneva. "Let’s go!" He exhaled sharply, as if right then they would pack up and leave. No, he didn’t want to go back into the lighthouse, he was ready if she was. With a wag of his tail and a bright smile, he waited, hoping that she didn’t dawdle too long and give him a chance to lose the courage.
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