Sea Lion Shores Cause = Time

Hawkeye connected her eyes with the male before her before looking down again. She shook her head. "He would come after me if I took the girls with me. I want my daughters to come with me, but... I just don't know what to do. I can't stay in a place where my existence doesn't matter. They are weened now, so I no longer have a purpose." Tears welled up in her light key-lime eyes, but she fought them back while standing up tall.

"I suppose sucking it up for my own two pups and my foster pups would be an answer." Hawkeye felt defeated. It was a lose-lose situation for her either way. "Sorry to drop all of this on you. I just feel trapped and lost."