Redhawk Caldera Webster's Dictionary defines 'wedding' as the fusing of two metals with a hot torch.

set March 1

She stood at the edge of the caldera's crystalline lake, tipped her nose back, and howled for @Teya, @Maia, and @Eljay, her closest confidantes here, beyond her younger brother.

It wasn't something she could hold back any longer. She had made a decision, and she needed them to be the first to know. Lilitu paced along the show, ears tipped back, listening to the echo of her cry over the slopes.

A call so loud and so bold, she thought even the heavens could hear it.

And Mama. . .do you hear me? Do you see me?