Redtail Rise Restraint

Redd butted her head affectionately to her sister’s good shoulder, leaving it there a moment to let her know that she was grateful for the assurance.  It set her at ease for the most part, though there was still a seed of misgiving within her.

Redd still wondered why she had changed her mind, so quickly and so suddenly.  Did Masquerade think that Redd would not have given the rank if she had asked?  It was too late now; another shift in leadership would signal instability, and this shift could destroy them entirely.  Redd wondered if things could have been different, had she read some missed signal, said some missed phrase.

She would not dwell.  The past was done.  Redd stepped back and then looked towards the border, glancing back to invite Masquerade silently to join her.  They could patrol it and seek trails, monitoring the herds as they had done before things became so complicated.