Redhawk Caldera AQUACULTURE

As Nightjar padded away from Tiger (with a cursory glance at Pantaleimon, who was completely unfamiliar as well), the adults began a whole lot of talking and not much doing. Although he was young and his inattentiveness could often be chocked up to that, Nightjar would grow tired of talking very quickly even in adulthood. Already he was tuning things out, staring absently out at the lake rather than at his parents. Their rules went right over his head, but natural fear of the unknown coupled with instinct would no doubt allow him to follow them without even thinking about it. Pretty much the only thing he really heard was grab a partner.

Nightjar scrambled forward, immediately selecting Elwood and bounding to the Beta male's front paws. He glanced around to ensure that he had beaten his sisters to the punch—everything was a contest after all, and Elwood was obviously the coolest partner of the batch—and when he saw that he was the first one there, he whooped and shouted, "I chooses Unkie Elwood!"