Heron Lake Plateau Down in the Valley

Why did she have to get so god damn defensive about everything? Either he misread her tone as per usual, or she thought he was a dumbass for even asking.

"Why would I hate him? He's a bird." He said, genuinely surprised by the comment.  "He's not a wolf, so I don't trust him.  But I don't care if you find him useful."  Had he liked needing to rely on the bird to relay messages to Towhee? No.  But now that he could call Qui or Raven when there was trouble, he didn't care one bit if the hawk relayed the messages to Towhee also.