Angel was the first to go.
She said, she couldn't do it without Gazzy. That they were the real family, the proper and true family, and wasn't that what mattered?
So, why shouldn't she go live with her remaining proper family, at a proper house, go to a proper school, and have proper friends?
We argued about it all night. We had to stay together.
Nudge cried. Iggy pleaded that she reconsider. Fang even hugged her, and whispered for her to stay.
Angel was determined. She'd go.
I flew after her, wishing she'd reconsider. And flew back to the flock alone.