Redtail Rise fission

Redd delivered the fox to a space near the side, then stepped back to observe, maintaining a distance from older and younger siblings.  It struck familiarity, bringing with it a sudden feeling of loss.  The scene was a reminder of both Avicus and Masquerade.

She had not been there when her mother had whelped, had never experienced children at this age.  The instinct perhaps lay there, but it was buried beneath hesitance and awkward discontent.  Even as Wealda she feared to overstep.

She would not linger long.