Redhawk Caldera There was a shift in the paradigm

"Whatever," Eljay muttered with a roll of his eyes. He didn't want to be unhappy, but it was just like these adults didn't get him at all, and they didn't try to either. Uncle P tried to make him feel better, but it didn't really help at all. "I bet mommy could teach me right." Eljay wasn't actually unhappy with daddy — heck, mommy getting lost only made him more attached to daddy and he wanted to be around him forever all the time — but everything reminded him of his missing mom. He just wanted her back.

Ears perked up with interest when Uncle P mentioned looking for Finley. Daddy asked who he'd take, and Eljay was quick to say: "Daddy and me can come." He was tired of letting all these wolves who couldn't even find mommy (or didn't look hard enough) look for her. They could do it themselves.