Redhawk Caldera hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

Fennec wasn't expecting the affection, but it made her happy to receive it. Hanging out with Alyx was, for some reason, already easier. Maybe it was that she hadn't been around for everything that was happening lately, maybe it was that she joked back so casually. She returned it with a wave of her tail, and her smile grew just a twitch more genuine.

But it disappeared completely when she crushed that hope. Not in a way that was her fault, obviously, but Fennec would have loved to talk about anything else. We heard. Some of it, at least. She was sympathetic but also wasn't entirely comfortable with conversations that went a feelings route... and this one definitely threatened that. Dad stopped in, but he left again. She did begin to walk, though, hoping the invitation to join was clear. As far as she went, her sister was welcome here anytime.