Redhawk Caldera fading away

"I went looking for someone and got lost," she said simply, though Raven neither wanted to dwell on that nor focus on herself right now. She could see that her question affected Eljay, as he choked out a response. Her heart dipped at the endearment: Uncle P. That certainly answered her question in its own way. Her heart went out to her fellow yearling, who had been closer to her own father than Raven herself.

"I'm so sorry for your loss," she managed to say before Eljay suddenly launched into a soliloquy about his mother and someone named Lucy. Her heart dropped. What had happened to her godmother? Before she could ask, her makeshift cousin spiraled into self-deprecation. Raven wasn't aware of when it happened but she found herself crouching beside him, pressing close, clucking softly in a there, there sort of way even as he hid his tearful face. Raven shook her own head slowly.

"Eljay," she murmured quietly, touching her nose lightly to the top of his head, "it sounds like you're going through quite a lot all at once. Anyone would struggle in this situation." She paused. "I know it's painful... but can you tell me about your mom and Lucy? What happened to them?"