Redhawk Caldera u-turn

Brecheliant wolves preferred, but all welcome <3

Teya and Reyes had worked hard to solidify the claim on Redhawk Caldera. It was weird for Eljay to set foot on the Caldera lands again, after having been gone from them for so long. Almost a year... He'd returned and talked to Ruenna, once. He'd always thought of Towhee when he visited. He hadn't left her or Niamh in a pleasant position, but at the time he really felt that he had to leave, no matter the cost. Where was Towhee now? Her children seemed fine from the times that they'd visited Reyes, at least. That much was a relief. Yet it was strange to never have made amends with his family back here. Would it even be possible? Would Towhee be able to understand why he had to leave?

Being back here was both diminishing — a part of the lands forced him back into the role of the insecure child who never felt good enough — as well as empowering — taking back these lands for himself and his new family as leader of Brecheliant. It was a weird combination to handle, and Eljay found himself lost in many, many thoughts and feelings.

He hoped that @Sylvie, @Hymnal and @Roswell would be able to settle in well. Their opinion mattered more to him than those of any other wolves here. He hoped they could learn to love these lands; not the way he had, for it was impossible to replicate the love you had for lands you were born in... but in the way that he had learned to love the Copse, because it was what Wildfire loved and where she lived.

Today, Eljay was walking his familiar route along the western borders of the Caldera; looking out over Brecheliant, the beloved fen, and feeling oddly nostalgic to leave his new home behind for his old one.