Redhawk Caldera Squid Game drill.

Blueberry sat, took a heartbeat or two to absorb the news, and then quietly exploded.

Are you kidding me?! she exclaimed, not so much in a shriek as a furious snarl, aimed at Ruenna and Towhee and all the rest of the adults who didn't do anything but pull the rug up from under them each and every time.

And just as she was getting settled!

No! I don't wanna leave! I mean, I do, but everyone always fucking leaves! I—

Perhaps heedless of her outburst, Vesper had turned to leave, and Blueberry let the rest of her tirade fade into the air. She settled for a chilling stare upon the Redhawks that would have done her witchy great-grandmother proud before following her sister, stomping into the underbrush.

She would not return.