Blacktail Deer Plateau Tomorrow's not ours to share

Hawkeye pointed out that the two of them could have a proper friendship without the hierarchy getting in the way. Pied already considered Hawkeye her friend and didn't think her companion's superiority affected their relationship negatively. She did suppose it would get rid of some pressure on both ends. It occurred to her that she wouldn't be bowing to Hawkeye beyond today, which was a strange notion, even though she'd only been her leader for the better part of a month.

Her earlier quip had been meant as a joke, at least for the most part, but Hawkeye made a remark about Akhlut that elicited a loud blink from Pied. "Why do you say that?" she queried. "Do you like him?" she also wondered, her white tail twitching side to side.