Redhawk Caldera kiss on your boo-boo's

The pup waddled toward him, presenting him with the makeshift bouquet and babbling a few babyish words at him. Peregrine smiled. He was fairly adept at translating baby speak after two litters, so he easily deciphered the boy's meaning and replied, "They're very prilly. Did you pick them yourself? Thanks, bud." He enjoyed the toddler's kisses, then responded with a single sloppy swipe of his tongue across the little Pi's head.

"Thanks for dropping by," he said to Elwood Sr, "and for undoubtedly picking up my slack," Peregrine added. He would ideally train Nightjar to succeed him, yet in the meantime, Elwood was the most capable stand-in, formally or otherwise. Peregrine knew all three of his co-leaders were doing more around the caldera in wake of his accident, yet there was probably a special kind of pressure on the Beta male in particular.