Redtail Rise The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

ancelin looked hard at her. why didn't she talk? the question in her eyes was clear enough. he sat down where he was and thumped his tail once against the ground. "i don't. don't have a reason to hate you." it was over, wasn't it? they'd both been punished and that was the end.
it was atreus who wanted things to continue. and it was ancelin who would support him, because he wanted his brother back to how things had been.
these concepts were too big for him to explain. "he's upset. maybe more with dad than anything." his ears splayed; his brow furrowed. "you're sorry, right?"