Redhawk Caldera Coming of age

double tag, sorry! Just wanted to reference this since it made sense. And if any of you want a separate awkward thread where we actually play out the talk, I'm totally down for that XD

Things were finally back to normal again for the two of them. While she loved the days they spent together, just the two of them, every spring now... it was nice to have things back and to feel comfortable once more around the rest of the pack. Maia always hated how her heat made her feel when it came to anyone who wasn't Eljay, and every year she did everything she could to avoid them during that time.

She'd spoken with the kids ahead of time and let them know what a heat was and, to @Sylvie and @Hymnal specifically, what it would mean for them. They'd be having their first ones either this year or the next and she wanted them to be prepared for it when it happened. It could be scary if they weren't! They also needed to know what it might mean, finding someone during that time. For that part, she had pulled @Roswell in as well.

Now Eljay was calling everyone together to celebrate their kids entering the ranks of adulthood. Maia couldn't help but feel a little weepy about it, but she kept a lid on it. Thinking about them growing up made her think about Lilitu, too, possibly leaving them soon. Then, how long would it be before... oh, oh no Maia. We are not going there today. Today is a happy day and we are not crying all the way through it.

She smiled as Eljay took the lead with the speech, happy to be an observer here as well. It felt right that he be the one to usher them into this new place in their lives... not only was he their father, but now he was their leader officially. Now they'd take part in the pack fully and truly begin to make their mark within Brecheliant. And she'd be there to help them, hopefully, to find what that place should be.