Redhawk Caldera you and me were kids.

He wasn't used to being turned down by her, so when she stopped him with a firm tone of voice, he flinched as though he had been slapped. Her words didn't fall on deaf ears, though; she was right, he realized, even through the fog that had clouded his brain. They had the firebirds to look after, and Airi -- and Eljay, Liffey, Lagan, and the rest of the pack depended on them as well.

In that moment, hell froze over as Finley and Elwood swapped positions.

"I...well..." he stuttered, slowly surfacing from the haze. He felt particularly uncomfortable in his groin area, as his urges went unmet, but he sat down and wrapped his tail tightly around his feet, licking his suddenly dry lips. "Are you sure?" he asked quietly.