Redhawk Caldera Starship enterprise

It was super weird being back in Redhawk Caldera now. Everything about this place called to Eljay, screamed at him to never leave again and to stay here forever. He didn't want to have to leave again, but he knew that he had to, or he would never grow out of the role of dweeb that Nightjar had justly called him — he'd never be a wolf who could contribute to a pack. Just being here made Eljay feel immobilised and weak and weird; not that he didn't feel all of those things at Drageda, but... He had to try something, and being here meant that he would fall back to old routines. He was scared of the Heda and that was probably a good thing; he hadn't wanted to come back here at all, hadn't wanted to leave Drageda territory after he had only just settled there, but because she had commanded him he had gone anyway.

He'd mostly played with the pups whenever they weren't happily prancing around their healing mother and stayed out of the way of everyone important, stuck to his own while he thought of how badly he wanted to see mommy and daddy again, but he knew that he shouldn't. They had to move on too and they had moved on, surely. Their lives were happier without him, he could only imagine. Lagan was there to help take care of the pups — not that they needed caring anymore; Towhee had grown so big! — and Eljay wasn't needed, so it was better he take himself away to enrich their lives.

While he was considering this and staring at his paws he heard the call. An ear directed towards it and he fidgetted before he got up, took a deep breath and started making his way down to the stream, where daddy was waiting. Eljay bit his lip as he approached, only to find out mommy was there too. His tail and head hung low and submissive and he licked his lips in subconscious submissive gesture as he approached, his movements awkward and like he had no idea what even to do.