Redtail Rise miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world

tension immediately entered the meeting, smothering the boy. his ears splayed, though his eyes lifted to hear what his dad was going to say. 
war is complicated
chasing a ghost.
smartly gleaning that this was more important to aunt avicus than it was to his dad, ancelin was nevertheless torn between duty to his family and duty to the rise, not to mention that it felt — ominous not to be along for it.
but he stayed quiet, knowing that in the end he would go to find his brother. it was something he had to do.