Redhawk Caldera With a tail as big as a kite

This made me want to hug Eljay: And some days he would look at his parents' happiness and feel left out, as if life had given everyone around him happy pills and he was sitting alone in the corner, sober. ;_;

There was a murmur from nearby and Elwood honed in on the sound, pressing his ears forward as he located his son. "There you are," he said as he approached, his yellow eyes bright as he knelt down in front of Eljay. The youth was examining his paws beneath the shadow of a tree's branches, watching as tiny particles of snow drifted down and landed on his forelegs. As Elwood observed, Eljay sniffed at the snowflakes and then licked them experimentally.

"How does it taste?" he asked with a smile, his tail stirring behind him. He wasn't sure if this first snow would be heavy enough for substantial accumulation, but maybe that was for the best -- he could imagine that piles of it would easily be overwhelming for Eljay.