Redhawk Caldera Jet Song

He was relieved. He hadn't thought that he would feel relieved to come back and talk things out, but it turned out that Meerkat had been right all along- he just needed to talk to Fennec, and to get the air at least partially cleared between them. The last thing he wanted was for Fennec to feel as though she was obligated to gift him return, or for her to teel like he was expecting her to do anything for him at all- but he hadn't quite figured out how to articulate that, nor did he have the insight to be able to guess that she might've been feeling that way. He'd matured into a reasonable young man, but he still had plenty of learning to do.

His expression perked up a bit when she admitted that she wanted to go to the Glen. That helped convince him that maybe she wasn't just hiding out here, and that maybe she really did feel an obligation to stay and help out with the pack when the kids came. He could understand her making that choice so long as there was still some small part of her that did want to go back to the Glen. She must've felt so divided- but he wouldn't have guessed she would then ask him if he could stay at the Caldera. 

And for a moment, it seemed like a completely practical decision. The heirarchy at the Glen had already been established- and it had been made clear that the lineage of leaders there would stem only from the Ostrega family line, which had chafed him, slightly. He'd hoped, secretly, that he might have been chosen to lead- and had felt discouraged and perhaps a bit jaded when Hydra and Osiris overlooked him completely in favour of choosing Atlas and Antares instead. But Atlas was keen, intelligent, and would make an excellent advisor. Antares was calm, observant, and had bested him in a spar- so he couldn't really doubt the decision, either. But they wouldn't likely need him, necessarily. And Meerkat was an adult now. The only problem, really, was feeling some obligation to remain with the Glen for at least a year before leaving, and the fact that moving to the Caldera would mean moving, essentially, back in with his Mom. 

But...Maybe things would get better. Maybe she'd start leaving them alone. She'd stopped picking on him so hard when the second batch of kids had been born, so...Why shouldn't he assume it might happen again? "I'll consider it," He said, surprising himself slightly. He wasn't entirely sure she was actually asking him, or extending an invite but...He didn't want to say anything to make her rescind her sort-of-invitation. It was too precious to him to let that slip away. "I'll definitely consider it," He said, with a slight nod. He'd need to think it over, and then perhaps discuss it with a few others as well- but the idea enticed him, especially if Fennec had truly intended to ask him to stay.