Blackfeather Woods sleep is a welcome gadget in our headbondhood

Briefly, Taikon prepared himself for the boy leader to lash out at him physically. That might even had been the end of things, as the last time a leader had treated him like that, he'd said his piece and gotten himself and Takiyok thrown out. He highly doubted they would be so lucky as to survive the wilds again on their own, especially not knowing the terrain as well.
But Zephyr didn't do that. He started, then stopped, unable to fight back with his own words. Taikon watched the boy leader become tears, and immediately he felt regret and softened. The heat left him and all he could feel was worry again. Zephyr, he whispered, afraid to try to hold him again. S-sorry I.. that was out of line. I-I'm just.. afraid... He dipped his head.