Redhawk Caldera For the excitement to arrive

Valravn was gone back to Rusalka, casting Alyx's days in a dim grey light once more. She spent most of her time hunting, hanging around Quetzal, or trying to figure out what to do with all the dried out plants in her cave. When she was wasn't doing one of those three things, she was drifting around the territory, trying her best to be alone. That was what she was doing when she realized she was heading straight toward the den where Fennec was still healing.

She felt awkward about her blind older sister at best, but she was lured toward the entrance by the need to talk to someone. She didn't know if Fennec was the best candidate, but she'd left and come back multiple times, which led Alyx to believe, incorrectly or not, that Fennec was a little disillusioned with the whole Redhawk life and would be more real with her than any of the others. She lay down and announced herself by clearing her throat, then added, you awake? for good measure.