Heron Lake Plateau Ka-tet.

Kids were kind of great when it came to asking questions that sounded really weird to adults, even ones that were as old as Kite and co. were now.  It wasn't something that got old (at least if you weren't the one answering the really awkward questions), but this all would have to be something that'd have to be relayed to the rest of the family, no matter what got said in reply

However, the answer came and it was one he'd wanted to hear for a long time.  His tail immediately stated thwacking against the ground rather frantically, and for a second there he shifted his weight like he was going to hop up and tackle Raven or something but he stopped himself short.  Yeah, that would certainly right the world a bit.  His reasoning didn't align with Towhee's exactly, but there was a little overlap.  Kinda.  Maybe?  Whatever. It was unimportant.  Raven was going to be alpha again and that was all that really needed to be taken out of it.  And did he really need to say more?  Hadn't he said enough?  Whatever Raven needed or wanted, he'd make it happen, as always.

You guys are getting pretty close to being adults anyway.  We can start shaping you up so you're ready if you think we're getting crusty already.  It was said with a wink, of course.  They were totally a bunch of rickety old folks in comparison to the newest generation, weren't they?  Yeah, in actuality they still had quite a few good years to go, but it was about perspective.