Redhawk Caldera You had me at 'hello'

Elwood's answer threw her for a loop. His eyes and ears wouldn't open for a few weeks? "But how does he see? And hear?" she wanted to know, her voice anxious. She looked at him as he sneezed, absently wiping the bits of saliva off her chest. He was so little and so helpless! She was too young for motherly instincts, yet she nonetheless felt an urgent need to protect him from the world. Wildfire supposed his parents would do that too, of course; that's what they were for!

"What does he do while he waits?" was her next inquiry. How would little Elwood Jr spend his time while he waited for his eyes and ears to open? "Sleep?" she guessed. Because, really, what was the difference between being awake and being asleep without senses? For all they knew, he was asleep right now and just squirming, like Nightjar did when he had a vivid dream.