Mmn, you can keep it only to 'Cehd'ra', if you prefer.

[The part of him that's touched by the admiration in Asra's voice isn't so deep down as to be unnoticeable, even as it's also embarrassing. His tail tip curls back and forth as he averts his eyes and bites his cheek, though it all stills at the question of family.

No one's asked about them before.]

...I do not imagine they know. Or, if they do, what they might think. It is tradition for men of my kind to leave the clan and live alone once they are of age.

[That much is true. It's less tradition that they stay away forever, afraid to go back, even for a brief visit.]