Sun Mote Copse keep the heid

#5,000 for the fam! :)

Towhee’s head tilted slightly at her junior’s astute observation. Although she did not fully agree that it couldn’t do any harm—what if the wolves didn’t take kindly to the visit? What if a dispute broke out?—the group’s opinion swayed heavily in favor of a diplomatic mission.

Meerkat called for volunteers and Towhee immediately thought, Not it! If they’d been headed anywhere else, she may not have minded escorting them. But she refused to traverse past those doomed arches. She didn’t even like the thought of her family going there, regardless of these strangers, though she would not speak out against it.

-“I’ll stay here to guard the copse,”- was her only other contribution, -“and entertain the kiddos.”-

Towhee sought Otter’s gaze and winked. She couldn’t catch Skipjack’s eye, of course, but when her attention shifted to him, she had to laugh. No wonder he was being so quietly obedient: he was fast asleep, head nodding against his mother.