The wait for Callan's reply had Elliot worried, that maybe he should have chosen a different topic for conversation. He shifted his bag on his shoulder and stepped over a branch in the path. When he did answer Elliot didn't feel too much better. He hated the idea that Cal would be sad out here all by himself. Wasn't Sol his friend, he should be here too... Though it was pretty clear now that even Sol didn't quite see things the same way that Callan did. He was a bit too lively for the quiet of the forest.<br/><br/>"Your families are kind of weird. I'd probably be here all the time if I could," Elliot mused aloud, "The politics are more or less the same, though aren't they. The most land the better livestock. Sometimes I'm kind of glad we fell out of all that..." While his mood had dropped some it jumped right back up into curiosity, "How do you form contracts with them? Is it similar to the ceremony? Do you have to befriend them first,"