Redhawk Caldera damaged

*SQUISHES PAN*

Peregrine heard defeat and misery in that sigh. He could encourage Pan to work on accepting his station as a man, especially considering that wanting to be a woman was, quite frankly, absolutely hopeless. But what if Pantaleimon really was a female trapped in a male's body? Did that mean that he could never be happy? Did that mean he would have to choose between embracing his true identity, despite his packaging (pun somewhat intended) or pretending to be something he was on the outside but not on the inside? Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place!

Again, the Alpha found his mind twisting and tying itself into knots. Maybe he should shove all that complexity to the aside and go with a simple approach. "What would make you happy, Pan? I just want you to be happy with whoever you are." There, that was true enough, wasn't it? "Besides, you can't help how you feel. At least, I know that I can't turn my feelings on and off at will. And if you've felt like this your whole life..."

Well, that was a really long time, long enough for anyone to take seriously. So maybe that made Pan a lady. It would take some adjustment, maybe some reevaluation. But if that was who Pan truly was and, more importantly, what made him happy, then, well, Peregrine could get on-board with that.