Redhawk Caldera ARMY BRATS

While Wildfire quietly fretted, some of the subordinate adults raised questions. The pup listened closely, in case they brought up what was on her mind. As a matter of fact, the white male, Pan, voiced an important question. The pup's golden eyes squinted slightly as she looked to her mother. She held her breath without realizing it as Fox answered, then exhaled when the Alpha female finished. She felt slightly more reassured. It sounded like she was in the clear, so long as she made an effort. And of course she could and would do that.

Fox invited the group to chat among themselves, which might have presented a good opportunity to approach her dam with her inquiries. But Wildfire felt something tug on her black tail and she turned around to face her father. When he invited her and the other two to train with him, it occurred to her that she should go with him and pose some of the other questions on her mind in private, so she wouldn't have to worry about seeming dumb. And there were more and more cropping up in there; offense and defense were just the tip of a very large iceberg.

"I'm gonna go with dud," Wildfire said to Nightjar and Raven. She made a point to cast a smile at her mother, then another at Sebastian and the other gathered adults, before trotting away in the former Alpha male's shadow.