Redhawk Caldera The cold never bothered me anyway

Mama gets post #700.

Wildfire mulled over her mother's answer. She wondered if she would follow in Fox's footsteps. Would her wanderlust eventually take her more permanently away from the caldera? Would she want a family of her own someday? Would she give up on her natal family for that? If she did, would she forget all about them, like Fox seemed to have done? The youth felt a tightness in her chest at the thought.

Her eyes were a little d(h)oleful when she asked, "Is that what you think will happen to me? That I'll leave and forget all about you guys?" Her voice was barely above a whisper. Maybe she would be more open to the idea further down the line but, right now, the thought of dropping her birth family like that just didn't compute for her. She could think of nothing that was worth that kind of thing.