Redhawk Caldera return to the fire

"He's about my age," the yearling explained readily, "and he was there when... you know. Summer's the only one that was nice to me." Well, the Sunspire wolves had all been nice, but sickeningly so. Summer was the only one that respected her free will. He was a lot of things, actually, and was arguably her best friend to boot. She felt another pang of guilt for leaving, but; she couldn't abandon Fox again. Magpie owed her family, and had a lot of work to do to make things up to them. Besides, if she left again, she'd probably never be able to see her half-sister for the rest of her life.

"How are you doing?" she wondered, analyzing her sister. Her pregnancy was much more obvious now, and Magpie called back to her time amongst the Corvidae. Puppies were a constant fixture in their culture; despite her time away, the yearling had learned a lot about pregnancy.