Redhawk Caldera I wanna take you into the sunlight.

They picked their way through the territory slowly, appraising the area in a way that way entirely new to Rue. Looking through the lens of a potential parent, everything just seemed so dangerous. A trickling stream, an abandoned badger den (what if it came back?!), a rocky precipice... Rue knew they didn't have time to be too discerning, but none of this felt entirely comfortable.

They arrived at the hill, and they quickly discovered the yawning opening at the base. Thank the stars. Rue didn't know what she would have done if the mouth of the den had been at the top of the hill.. just the thought of traveling up and down an incline like that multiple times a day made her pale. 

"If it's not perfect, it's close," Rue assured Towhee. We can work with this. The mouth was a little wide, but the grasses would likely be taller once it was time for the pups to come, affording some additional protection and acting as a deterrent to any little escape artists who might be within.  As for the inside, it could use a little bit of digging here and there, but honestly not all that much. It was a really lucky find.