Redhawk Caldera my love is a life taker

The hug was unexpected. Not because Fennec had never hugged him, but because she had so rarely initiated it. Perhaps being a mother really had changed her, much as it had changed him. Ah, how the cycle repeats!

Me too, kiddo, Phox replied when she shared her hope with him. Although he had thought the plateau would become something, it felt clearer with each passing day that they could not maintain things as they were. With four kids and only three adults to care for them, he though they would all have a better chance here at the caldera.

With a mom like you, how could he possibly be anything but perfect?! Phox asked, feigning shock with a grin. He knew she wouldn't be able to see it, but sometimes he felt like Fennec could hear his facial expressions.