Redhawk Caldera But at dawn

Puffin thought Eljay's remark about all the loud women in their pack was supposed to be a joke, and laughed for what was a very detectable moment in an otherwise tense discussion before she clamped her teeth down on her tongue to make herself stop.

Her focus was now on Rowan's response (and her throbbing tongue).  The more that was said, the less was revealed to her and the more questions she had.  There was a woman that attacked Rowan every time they ran into each other?  And he hadn't thought to mention this to her?!  She blinked owlishly at his apology and blathered a quiet and nearly unintelligible Mmuhh, in response.

While Tux had done a good job of informing Puffin about what made Drageda good and bad, and how that had impacted him as an individual, he had carefully chosen to omit names and places.  Because Puffin didn't know _anything_ about Blackfeather Woods, she knew nothing of the possible danger they were in.  To her, it looked like Rowan had once again taken the reins and straightened things out, and that was good enough for Puffin's annoyance to sink back below surface level.