Redhawk Caldera kick 'em in the nuts

Wildfire licked her lips and tried to hide her disappointment when Fox told her that Ashton was too old for her. But her ears fell and she slouched a little, feeling crestfallen. In the next breath, the Alpha female assured her this wouldn't always be the case. When exactly would it change? When you're an adult, probably, she thought to herself. She had never been in a huge hurry to grow up, though all of a sudden she found herself eagerly looking forward to the moon's ninth cycle.

The youngster's brows furrowed thoughtfully at her mother's rather ambiguous reply about love. All she could think to say was, "Oh." This whole conversation gave her a lot of food for thought. She would have to sneak away somewhere and really think over all of it. In the meantime, it seemed the topic had come to a close there.

"Hey," she piped up, thinking back on the subject of younger siblings, "will me and NJ and Rave be adults yet when the new puppies come?" Wildfire wondered.