Redhawk Caldera Hurry up, we're dreaming

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I went to write this and suddenly started choking on a strawberry leaf I didn't realize I'd ingested...

Most of the time, the adults tended to lean back, flatten their ears and grimace when Wildfire opened her mouth. She noticed that Elwood didn't do it this time. He appeared downright delighted, rather. There had been something decidedly different about this articulation in particular too, she'd noticed. Her tongue had rolled against her teeth and her lips had pressed against one another. Wildfire hadn't given it conscious thought at the time, though she endeavored to repeat it now.

"Ahh! Bah!" Not that she knew it—it sounded very distant and garbled to her underdeveloped eardrums—it came out slightly different this time, more enunciated. Unaware of this mild inconsistency, Wildfire blinked her golden eyes and looked expectantly at her Uncle Elwood, hoping for another happy reaction.