Heron Lake Plateau Discussing conspiracies and prison facilities

Talk-to-Raven was still on Eljay's to-do list but he hadn't really gotten to it. Adjusting to this new territory had taken up a lot of his time and energy and taking care of Cinder and Tywyll had too. Then there were the tensions that Towhee stepping down had brought mommy and daddy, and, well, between handling all of that -- his own emotions, everyone else's emotions, caring for his baby sibs -- Eljay hadn't really had much time to spend discovering the territory or, you know, talking to Raven. Who was now also his new Alpha.

Her words (or looks, rather) the day he had spoken to her in an honest heart-to-heart (or something like it) last weren't forgotten. He'd gone back to Drageda after those words but it was among others those haunting thoughts, the look on her face, the indifference she had shown.. Did she still feel the same? Was everything cool now that he was a part of Redhawk Cald-- the Redhawks (whatever that meant, nowadays) again? Eljay wasn't too sure...

As he tracked round the territory looking for something to eat, his paws squish-squishing the mud beneath his paws in gentle steps, he noticed another in the distance. Eljay's gut wrenched together as he realised it was his other new Alpha, who'd also seen him fail miserably at Blackfeather Woods, and whom Eljay didn't really know at all aside from that. Eljay wasn't too sure why Quixote'd been Towhee's other choice for Alpha (well, he assumed she'd picked them, anyway, since she was still Beta now) but he didn't question her decisions.

"Uh, hey," said Eljay as he trotted towards his new Alpha. He was glad at least that this one could hear what he was saying so that he could better announce his presence. Less awkward that way. His body posture was submissive as he approached, head unmistakably lower than shoulder level and tail drooped against his hocks.