Redhawk Caldera it takes two baby.

It took a little while for mommy to come up with an answer. She looked almost unsure, which was surprising and weird for Eljay to look at, until she eventually started to talk. First she just said to come to them if it happened again, though Eljay doubted that would fix much, as he was here now, after it had happened, sometime not long ago. Then she agreed with daddy, which was a huge relief for Eljay. His shoulders sagged a little, and only then he realised he'd been keeping them hunched up and tense.

Eljay's eyes widened at some of the other words that mommy used, essentially calling Nightjar a dick and an asshole (albeit not directly so). Mommy even called him perfect, and Eljay could not supress a smile when she did.

Yet his smile was quick to fall when she said that he was the only one who decided and controlled how he felt about himself. It was just really hard to feel good about himself when everyone wanted him to be better than he was; including himself. And everyone else's words still hurt, even if he tried not to let them get to him.

Knowing mommy thought he was perfect was good enough for him, though, and so he did not object. Eljay stiffly got to his feet and he moved towards mommy, to bury his face in the soft fur of her chest in a silent gesture of thank you.