Redhawk Caldera The Higher Order

"Stop your stammering," Fox replied in her usual blunt manner. "It's hard to understand you when you stutter like that." She had little use for comrades who were going to be nervous around her. Aduin had no reason to believe that she was going to do anything henious, did he? Fox tried to recall if she'd ever done anything horrible to Sebastian, but her memory had never served her very well. She vaguely recalled that Seb had been a good Redhawk during his stint at the caldera. She put him and Fitz about on the same level in that regard (though Fitz had lost points the last time Fox had seen him... he'd basically lost his mind).

"What happened to your sister?" Fox asked, picking up on the past tense of his statement. She had never understood couples who "broke up." The only reason Fox would ever leave Peregrine was if he died. Well, that was her current thinking, anyway. She didn't realize that he would basically be dead to her in a few days.