Heron Lake Plateau The clock may run out on us.

even tegan was silent. the blackthorn had nothing to say. even when he first arrived. of course, tegan didn't know orca like that, and if she'd never really cared to hang out with him then hell he really didn't care that much for her. but towhee seemed really beat up. like, really beat up. so tegan shut the fuck up immediately, not trying to make anything worse since-- let's face it-- tegan's dialect is certainly charming, but not at all appropriate for situations like this.

ugh, how was he gonna handle niamh being sad and towhee being sad? shoot. 

he walked up with the rest of the crowd, a little behind colt, and just stood and stared at the ground as elwood approached. he had nothing worthwhile to say.