Redhawk Caldera Forever pretend in our shelters we don’t fall

Elwood was more and more a cool operator in Sassafras’s eyes, with such an understanding character that she couldn’t feel intimidated by him even if she thought she ought to be. He was taking her woes and concerns in tremendous stride, and giving her the gift of a strong shoulder to lean on that she so sorely needed.
 
When he agreed to show her the ropes of self-defense, she couldn’t help but brighten even though she still felt like a mess inside. Who was she to turn him down when he was offering to teach his craft then and there? “I’d like that,” she chirped, and rose to small paws in an act of demonstrating that she intended to be engaged.