Redhawk Caldera He's just a different kind of kid

I wish it were that easy, she replied with a single, quiet laugh. Maybe there was some truth to what he said, but Ruenna fit way better here than Fennec ever had. It didn't get much more Redhawk than her and still, everyone seemed to just bypass her. No matter how much sense it made, it still bothered her that every crisis seemed to rope in Raven instead of her. And now, she'd even had to crash a pack hunt, despite the fact that she was one of the only adults in the pack even willing or able to participate. No one really bothered to check.

I think being a Redhawk is more a state of mind. You just have to want it. Maybe my problem is I don't, at least not if it means I have to change that much. They hadn't liked her way of handling things, or her way of directly saying what she thought. They hadn't kicked her out of leadership over it, but she had been the one who was a frequent point of friction. As much as she loved her mom, she couldn't lead alongside her, and that was pretty hard to come to terms with at the time.

Bronco's point was a little harsh, but she could see where it came from, and she wondered where he saw himself. Technically he fit the label he put out there as having married in, but like she said... she didn't fit. Aliana and Ruenna, on the other hand, meshed so quickly and were completely happy leading.

How would you do it better? She absolutely did not have the answer to that question, and she wanted to put him on the spot because it was an interesting thought. How long had he been thinking about this?