Redhawk Caldera We got no one to hide from

Was that a touch of relief there, buddy? Yes, yes it was.  Seems his sister was afk at the moment and that meant he was off the hook a bit longer.  Still time to go on his merry way and forget about this place.

But for some reason, he couldnt.  He’d gone on long enough not knowing and avoiding and he’d be damned if he was a coward.  So he stayed and continued to listen as Elwood introduced his greeting party.  

She was a regular ray of sunshine, wasn’t she?  He opened his mouth to respond to Elwood’s introduction, but was cut off as she launched into one of her own.  Between the tone and the tone-deaf (literally) inflection, Colt’s jaw clenched involuntarily, but he remained neutral.  That a wolf at least a few years his junior was questioning him in such a way rankled a bit, but he was used enough to pack wolves to know this was how it went.  Every one thought you owed them something.  

“Loyal enough to those that earn it,” he said simply, shrugging.  “And skilled enough to not be dead yet.  So I’d say I’m more than adequate.”  He could have gone on with a jab, and a younger Colt would have.  But slightly wiser, older Colt recognized her youth and temperment as two things he wasn’t going to benefit from testing at this moment, especially not in front of Elwood, who he did like.