{"id":1871,"date":"2026-09-06T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2026-09-01T03:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:06:43","slug":"chapter-29-behind-the-scenes258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/06\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes258\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 29 Behind the Scenes258"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/05\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes257\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page258 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/07\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes259\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Conning tries to set a friendlier tone, \u201cKayt! Chill! This isn\u2019t the Spanish Inquisition, I genuinely wanted to find out what kindled the spark \u2026 Kristal, I\u2019m only one step behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KristalClear\u2019s smile seems to say, \u201creally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conning elaborates, \u201cOK, two or three steps maybe! I wouldn\u2019t mind having a boyfriend though, some genuine affection!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe agreed Conning!\u201d says Kayt, \u201cSpace Girls first! No boys until after we finish school \u2026 at the earliest!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conning asks, \u201cso, how did you know NutJob was the one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you\u2019re always with him now,\u201d says Kayt, \u201cwe had to bring you in here so that we can get some proper girl chat!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really want to know? This is not going to be as exciting as you might imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really want to know,\u201d says Conning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more than just looks you know,\u201d says KristalClear, \u201cyes, he has stunning eyes, and he still has a cute baby face, but that\u2019s wearing off. He\u2019s growing up. I\u2019m growing up. It\u2019s like we\u2019re not really teenagers anymore. He has some fascinating ideas and he shares it all with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KristalClear begins to explain that they talk to each other. A lot. About many things, about happiness, about the meaning of life, about how to chat openly, about what\u2019s permitted, and what\u2019s off limits, setting some boundaries for their conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very open,\u201d she says, \u201c<em>you<\/em> don\u2019t get to see that publicly, but he\u2019s very open with me, and he\u2019s incredibly bright and sensitive with it. He\u2019s a goldmine of rich and valuable information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike what?\u201d asks Conning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappiness. Meaning. Philosophy. Even today, we were talking about his philosophy on the difference between <em>happiness<\/em> and <em>meaning<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds very deep and intellectual to me,\u201d retorts Kayt.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/05\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes257\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page258 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/07\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes259\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page258 \u2013 Next Conning tries to set a friendlier tone, \u201cKayt! Chill! This isn\u2019t the Spanish Inquisition, I genuinely wanted to find out what kindled the spark \u2026 Kristal, I\u2019m only one step behind you.\u201d KristalClear\u2019s smile seems to say, \u201creally?\u201d Conning elaborates, \u201cOK, two or three steps maybe! I wouldn\u2019t mind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/06\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes258\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 29 Behind the Scenes258&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}