Redhawk Caldera you're always talking but you're not playing

Wraen stuck to her point, and though Eljay didn't really get it, he still respected her opinion. He could see how individuals mattered, not just pack, but at the same time he felt that their family stood above all. But maybe it was just his herding instinct speaking; Eljay just wanted everyone he cared about to be together. He'd learned the hard way with Elfie that things didn't always play out that way, though.

Eljay couldn't help but think that Wraen was again trying to do it all alone in this hypothetical situation. Yeah, suppose we do. You could've stepped down without leaving, or asked counsel and not made the decision yourself. I mean, I know it's too late for that, water under the bridge and all, but maybe in the future... He paused briefly before he added: The weight and responsibility of the world only rests on your shoulder alone if you make it so. He hoped he wasn't overstepping any boundaries and looked away after he'd said it, a tell that he realised it might be a bit much to put it that way. However, he did feel it true, and he wanted his friend to know that sometimes it was okay too ask others for counsel rather than fix everything for everyone alone.

Yeah... he said on the matter of Arcturus, sucked back momentarily into darker times of his life and how miserable he'd been. He still felt guilty for putting everyone else through that. He must not have been very fun at the time. I hope he and his family figure it all out. It seems like a lot. Eljay knew nothing about them at all, but hopefully some day it was all solved. He really did liked to think that maybe there was a remote possibility they could ask live together again one day. Here, hopefully.

I miss having you around, he admitted, perhaps giving away some of the more selfish reasons for his sadness over her departure and how he felt the pack should've stuck with her.