"Well, parties and games are great, but I'd rather go the way of you and your family - my uncle's an explorer, too, and my brother... Uh, was. He still is, deep down inside of him." Della shrugged, ducking around an overhanging rock that jutted down. Something did hit her, although not until a moment later - and maybe it wasn't the sort of thing to bring up right now, anyway, but... Had he said his dad was an explorer?