Heron Lake Plateau home is where your heart is

She cringed inwardly when she noticed that her reassuring words seemed to have the opposite effect on him. "I'm sorry, Eljay," she murmured quietly. Wildfire wanted to reach out and pat his shoulder but likely that would only make matters worse. "I should've dropped it. I stand by what I said though..."

Sucking in her lower lip, she decided to risk a brief nudge to his ear. "I think I'll go bother someone else," she said with a sheepish smile and a wag of her black tail. "I'll catch you later, okay? I'll introduce you to Kiwi and Sequoia, if you haven't already met them."