Redhawk Caldera shine on, you crazy diamond

permish from all involved <3

It had taken a bit of a fight—and "a bit" was reductive—but finally, @Mou and Maegi were able to convince their children to go along with the three adults to the Redhawks. @Peregrine, sticking nearby @Phox. @Vesper, silently stewing and remaining close to @Blueberry, who seemed a mixture of confused and sullen, trudging along.

Luckily, the journey was not far, and after a couple of brief rests on the way, they arrived. As the land began to slowly slope upward, she glanced up the caldera—and then to the east, and a great shiver rolled through her at sight of the dark mass just yonder.

The woods. Her woods. She hadn't realized how close the two territories were until now.

I'll let you do the talking, Maegi said to Phox as the group stopped just shy of the border. That shiver had descended into her stomach, and it roiled anxiously as she thought of how they might be received—Mou, especially.

Would they remember him? Phox hadn't, but his mind had been elsewhere.

Would they remember her—or see right through her, find the darkness in her mismatched gaze and get right to the heart of who she was?

She buried her muzzle in Blueberry's scruff, breathing deep, waiting.