Kaitlin Lewis asked Chris Platt:

Who would you consider to be like a foster mare or mother for Moon Shadow Celah or Star? Also when I read Callie and Justin there seem like a budding romance between them and how Old is Justin?

Chris Platt Wow, I can't believe I'm 46 days behind in answering this question. I'm sorry, Kaitlin. Ok, now for the question/answer... I see Celah, Star, and Callie, as the foster mother for Moon Shadow. Callie has to do a lot of care-taking on the orphaned foal, and the older mares take the new baby in and watch over her. I've got a new paint colt that was born March 31st. He's bugging my poor mares to death because he wants to play. I'm always amazed that they tolerate his behavior. They could kick him, but they don't. They just turn their butts and give him a warning. It's been a long time since I wrote this book, but I think I had Justin as being 13 or 14. He's actually patterned off of my real nephew, whose name is Justin. I used his older brother, Jason, in Willow King, so I wanted to give Justin a place in a book, too.

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