Redhawk Caldera Rockin' on top of the world

"Sounds like duel," Peregrine remarked. The name's reversal elicited a strange reaction from him; he felt a lump forming in his throat. It took him a minute to swallow it and then he said, "My sister, Osprey, likes to turn names backward. Apparently her namesake, our uncle, did it too. I never met him but... I really miss her. I didn't even realize how bad until just now." His lips fell. He missed a lot of plateau wolves, though his sister was at the top of the list.

"Anyway," he said after a moment, "I think you should definitely save both Elwood and Doowle for your own litter someday. On a more serious note, we have a couple names picked out that we like, though Fox wants to give at least some of them names based on what they look like. It's a tradition in her family," he explained. "Whereas mine is all about the birds... I'm really liking Nightjar so far. I'm debating whether it suits a boy or girl."

"But speaking of birds, is that duck ready or what?" he added with a teasing smile.