Heron Lake Plateau home is where your heart is

At Wildfire's question, Eljay fiddled a little, shifting weight from one paw to another. He felt awkward telling Wildfire about his hopes and dreams for some reason. It was worse enough to tell mommy and daddy about it, let alone someone else. Of course, it was Wiffle, but still. It always felt very silly to talk about what he wanted.

"Oh, uhm..." he hesitated, then said: "Just things, I guess, like.. about the pups and stuff." Which was sort of true, even if it wasn't exactly about these pups.