Redhawk Caldera I'll interrogate the cat.

Rather than forge ahead with his reflecting, Elwood paused long enough to give Towhee time to process what he had said. He was used to waiting, since her impairment required that she read his lips, but he also wanted her to have time to think about and ask any questions she might have about Sebastian. She took advantage of the time given, and when she did reply, it was in sign language.

He furrowed his brow slightly, not because he was annoyed or upset by her question, but because it took him a moment longer to interpret what she said. "Why did he come back?" he asked, to clarify her query, and when she presumably nodded he obliged her with a response. "Well, Sebastian started his own family after he left here. He founded a pack; all those wolves he brought with him. And when they got here, he said that it was because the water in their territory was contaminated -- it was making them sick," he explained.

"But he chose to come here instead of somewhere else because it was his home before," he added.