Heron Lake Plateau plight of the lemon children

A lot of what Quixote was saying went in one ear and out the other just because Screech was getting annoyed, and that meant it wqs hard to focus. He was caught off guard by a few of the comments - the blackmail comment a prime example - and while he was thrown for a bit of a loop, it all boiled down to one thing.

You sure have a lot of opinions, he commented sharply, not intending to take anything Quixote said as actual advice. The fuck did he know? Had he become an expert in regards to the Redhawks since screwing around with Raven? Why the fuck did everyone bring up the war like he had purposefully evaded his responsibility? They'd kicked Blackfeathers ass supposedly and if Screech had been there, he would have been escorting the kids away! Not fighting!

Whatever, dude, he finally gasped, exasperated by the entire encounter. He could have pointed out his own experience through each of those events but it was unlikely to him that the Alpha would hear him and not take it as a personal attack to his rank, or something. Screech decided he was done - so he turned and began stalking off, returning to his search for Niamh or more food for the caches or maybe a patrol - anything was better than this.