Redhawk Caldera Fire away, fire away.

When she first saw Eljay, her first instinct was to avoid him and keep moving. She couldn't deal with his issues today. But then Towhee slowed, then stopped. That was an awful and unfair thing to think. Although she hadn't eaten any of it, his gifts hadn't gone unnoticed. And he had looked after her, immediately after her miscarriage. He'd broken her heart a little in the process, though now...

She wasn't looking at him directly, so she missed his awkward greeting. But Towhee marched right up to him—kind of aggressively, in hindsight—and demanded in her flat voice, "Feel this." Without giving him any time to react, she clutched at his paw and drew it toward her flank, where the puppies seemed to be constantly on the move.