Redhawk Caldera home sweet home

Eljay easily fell into step with Towhee as she started the patrol. He, too, rolled himself around the floor and shrubberies they came across and peed occasionally to mark the borders as theirs. He was content with the initial silence, happy enough just to be here.

Just as Towhee started to talk, Eljay too tried to start up conversation again. So will we-- oh, sorry, you first, he said, grinning awkwardly. He was surprised by what Towhee said next. He supposed that it was something he had long fantasised about. However, not so much lately, when a lot of his fantasising had become about searching for Maia in the great beyond. It made him solemn for a moment while he tried to figure out what he wanted, now. Now that everything had changed on its own, as it always did, and he'd been too slow with his own decisions.

Uh, yeah, Eljay said after a silence that was just a little long and a little awkward. Sorry, I -- yeah, I'm happy to be back. And uh... Thanks. Eljay sure wasn't used to Towhee saying anything nice about him, which caught him off guard on top of everything else. His own earlier question was forgotten for a moment.