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Ruenna had heard the boy's cry echoing out from a distance, and she reacted to it as any mother would. She had helped raise the boy from birth, and she would know his voice anywhere. 

She pressed towards the border as quickly as her limp would allow, which was not all that quickly at all, much to Ruenna's frustration. As a result, she would intercept the young Redhawks somewhere between the border and the pack's rendezvous point. 

Her eyes slid over Alyx, to whom she offered a grateful nod. She did not know the girl well, but she did know that the girl had gone above and beyond the call of duty as a newly rejoined member. After loosing Niamh, Ruenna could only imagine how stressed she must be with Towhee so sick. 

Even as she acknowledged Alyx, Ruenna did not hesitate in closing the distance to Caracal. He was holding himself together, but his cry of pain still echoed in Ruenna's ears. Ruenna curled herself around the boy, laying her head over the shoulder that was nearly level with her own (when had he gotten so tall?). She lifted her outside limb up to hug him close. 

Towhee had not returned with them, and Ruenna did not-- could not-- yet think about what this could mean. She simply poured herself into the hurting boy, delivering the silent promise that his Auntie Woo would always be there for him.