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The two of them had done so much traveling together, Caracal hadn’t realized how attached he felt to their family. He supposed it made sense; after all, Killdeer had remained here with his mom, while Caracal had continued to putter from place to place. He loved all his relations—Killer chief among them—but he also didn’t mind living independently. It hurt his heart to know his buddy felt as though all the Redhawks were adrift.

When Killdeer pressed into him, Caracal raised a foreleg to clap him companionably on the back before wrapping his foreleg around his shoulder to tug the two of them together. I’ve got you, the gesture said. Even if he couldn’t empathize, he could certainly sympathize.

Well, round them up and bring them all to the island, he quipped before saying in a slightly more serious voice, What if you and Fennec went to live in Epoch? Mom, Maxim and Uncle Ph are there. Jack too. His ears fell a little when he thought of Leo, wondering if Killdeer had known her well. And she’s about to pop out some more. If you two moved in, it’d be a proper Redhawk takeover.