Redtail Rise She said "Sonny, move out to the country"

Everyone bails eventually. Rae bit this back in favor of a quick shake of her head to Lilia's question, though her eyes had darkened to hear the tale of her caregiver's disappearance. I don't know. Don't remember, If Antha had ever spoken of him, that memory was long since lost to Raelle. She didn't think she wanted to remember. S'not worth knowing, anyway. Either he's dead or he's the kinda asshole who leaves his kids to starve. Either way, fucked up. Don't think we need more a'that.
They had plenty between the two of them, it seemed. You think this could be a thing? Us - family. Like, we're strangers, but we're not supposed to be, Rae was frowning deeply. Or we weren't. Or whatever. It didn't make a whole lot of sense, but she had seen how family was supposed to work. Real family, not the bond of packmates. Shared blood was a different bond entirely, something deeper, something that should have been hers as much as it was anyone else's. But...