Redtail Rise vermillion

It could not eliminate all of her worries, but Redd relaxed as well, her expression communicating her grateful thanks.  She was keenly aware, in that moment, of what she asked.  She still believed that they would thrive better United, but their misgivings were not misplaced.  She was a relative stranger since her absence, a shadow now suddenly attempting to be sun to their orbiting families.

She had defended his family, but she had yet to earn the Rise’s full trust.  She was keenly aware of that fact.

For a moment, she was overcome with the urge to tuck herself against him like a child.  Grief mingled with anxiety over what the future would hold, but she quelled it, shaking her pelt and turning to continue along the borders.  He did not need to follow unless he wished.