Redhawk Caldera white knuckles

maybe someone Eljay hasn't met yet? @Aduin @Currawong @Allure ? :) but all welcome!

Eljay was thinking about his encounter the other day with Nightjar. He knew that Nightjar didn't like him, and though he hadn't openly admitted to knowing this, it was clear as day that Nightjar didn't like him at all. When thinking of his youth, Eljay mostly remembered Wifi and Raven being there, and never Nightjar. He wondered why Nightjar didn't like him, and considered efforts to try and mend whatever was broken between them, unaware that it was unlikely it was anything he could fix. Bringing flowers was a thought, but Eljay didn't think that Nightjar liked flowers as much as Eljay did. And it wasn't like he could hunt anything by himself yet to show Nightjar that he was a helpful member of the pack, and offer him something to eat... It was a pickle of a situation that Eljay wasn't sure how to bite through.

At the age of eight months, Eljay had started to explore a little bit more on his own, but he still didn't enjoy the thought of being anywhere without mommy or daddy. Still, he knew that they wanted him to be more on his own and so he did on-his-own-things, even if it wasn't what he wanted to do. It was what mommy and daddy wanted and therefore it was important to him, too.

Today Eljay shuffled around the territory, trying to think of things he could do to impress Nightjar somehow. He wasn't even sure why he wanted Nightjar to like him so badly. It was probably because Eljay really hated the thought that someone didn't like him, and he was a natural pleaser. While lost in thoughts, Eljay suddenly saw a flash of grey. With a gasp he realised that it was a squirrel right ahead and he lowered his rump to the side, butt awkwardly swaying in the air, while he prepared for the chase. The squirrel had noticed him, but just sat and nibbled on something on the ground, seemingly aware that Eljay would be of little threat to it.