Redtail Rise metanoia

she had never seen such scars before. sunrise would look down to her own knee, seeing where her trip from the toad hunt with mulherin caused her a giant scab. she thinks back to the moment of her tumble and remembers the great sensation of pain that she felt. a sorrowful whine comes from her as she comes to press a tiny pink tongue against the marks on wolverine in a poor attempt to take away the pain that was long gone by now. 

there must have been so much struggle and conflict in her life to have this collection of lifelong marks, faded and gone or still healing. and through the notion of wolverine's annoyance and simmering aggression with her recent collision, sunrise must now come to think that whoever this was caused the pain to wolverine and she gave it right back to him.

a primal lesson in protection and safety, something that young sunrise would not forget as she continued to grow in the rise and see the bloodshed again and again. in an attempt to show her understanding, sunrise offers her own growl towards the blood and fur showing the mangled fight before them, a way to recognize that the pest was not welcome, even in death.