Redhawk Caldera Tremble

Love was an emotion that often still felt foreign to Fox. Before Peregrine, she had thought it was a myth. Early in their relationship, she had not loved him. He had said the words first, as she remembered it. She had not felt love for some time after. She could not recall the exact moment that she had said it, nor the circumstances that had surrounded it. The beginning of their relationship had been based on her feeling that she owed him something in return for the shelter he had provided.

She took her time answering, aware that each moment that passed would pump doubt into his heart. "I love you, but you hardly seem you anymore," Fox admitted. She didn't know if that was a yes or a no. As far as she was concerned, he was on his death bed without a sense of smell, only one eye, and seemingly aging at an increased pace.