Redhawk Caldera If the whole wide world stops spinning

He said he'd forgotten everything, but he seemed to recall more slowly as he looked back.  She didn't mean to bring back anything painful, but it felt like Eljay was calming a bit as he talked about it, pressing his face to her neck again in a way that made her heart ba-dump softly.

Growing up, she'd always pictured herself on the opposite side of this, so it was a little amazing how right this felt.  She nuzzled his ruff, then slowly began to groom whatever of his face she could reach, in hopes the attention would help to calm him down even more.  

She paused briefly to ask one more question before continuing.  What kind of games did you play?  It was okay if he didn't remember, but by thinking about the specifics, and trying to recall the bigger details, more might come back that was positive and happy.  Then she went back to it, combing her teeth gently through the fur at his cheeks and neck.

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