Redhawk Caldera Reactivity

Towhee's teeth didn't touch him but the lance of her words stung just as hotly, erupting from her to carry throughout the territory. Reyes was left to stare at the sight of Caracal hunched beneath his mother - flanked by Tierra looking stunned - and he slowly processed what had just unfolded.

I'm sorry, I didn't -- he began to say, but there was no point, Towhee was still shouting over him. Seeing his kids from a distance like this, fearful and confused, burned in to Reyes' vision. They had gotten so much bigger while he had been away - that was no excuse for his erratic reaction though.

He came out of nowhere! It happened, okay? He's -- he's fine, Reyes wanted to protest against the feeling of alienation he was experiencing in that moment, the accusatory tone of Towhee, the image of his terrified kids; but he knew he had fucked up.