Redhawk Caldera sometimes following your heart means losing your head

Eljay barely noticed the female's departure or Shrike dashing past them towards her, trying to catch her trail. He sobbed as he cradled the head, unwilling to let go and unable to face reality. When daddy asked the question he didn't know what to do but panic more, perhaps out of guilt or perhaps because he was being asked the question whose answer would mean facing the truth at least to some degree.

With tears fogging up his eyes Eljay looked up at daddy, his body shaking with sobs. He opened his mouth as though to speak, but instead of words came another waterfall of tears and he cradled the puppy's head close, sobbing into the soft fur of Peter's head, the skin turning cold slowly beneath his grasp.