Redhawk Caldera Throwback Thursday

There was a long and painful silence between them and Eljay licked his lips uncertainly, a guilty expression on his face; almost as though he felt guilty for the silence between them. It felt uncomfortable to him, like he had said or done something wrong to make Gannet uncomfortable, unaware his cousin was just thinking away. He wasn't particularly focussed on the adults' conversation; picking out some words here and there, but too few to make sense of it as a conversation.

His ears flattened when Gannet suggested going looking for mommy and he looked away. He said uncertainly, "Uncle P said that I was needed to look after Liffey and Lagan." He remembered from the day mommy'd left him, when he had wanted to go after her. He still wasn't sure if Uncle P had meant those words or if he was just saying them to justify Eljay staying home, knowing that he'd want to, but it hardly mattered as he used it as an excuse now.