Her words startle me and then it dawns on me that she is referring to what she said back at the homestead, about being part human and I gaze at her for the longest moment, trying to form a response. She seems unfazed by verbally admitting it again. Colton was right and Carmen really is so hard to read, even with my abilities in feeling people's emotions. It's like she carries a veil of impenetrable rock and can shield everything under indifference or a cold front most of the time.

"You told Meadow you care about the wolves at the mountain.... So maybe you're not all that self-absorbed. You loved...