Redhawk Caldera goodnight, officers

Finley didn't really notice anyone else as the gathering proceeded, not really even the puppies.  Her attention was on her own puppy as he excitedly interacted with his new cousins. It was a beautiful thing, and already her mind was changing about what she had thought had been an absolute.

It would take maybe ten, twenty minutes before she would realize that it wasn't really that simple. The anxieties she thought were gone in that moment would be back just as soon as the moment was over. But this at least opened the door she had been afraid was not going to budge.