Bramblepoint There's a new sheriff in town.

"We do," Alya agreed, watching Towhee's retreating form rather hungrily. To the dark girl's second question, however, Alya had no answer. She gave a mute shrug, indicating that they were better off seeking the information from some other source. Their mother, perhaps. "We should probably have black birds," she told her sister, sharing her own thoughts on the subject. "It would be more stylish."

That was the important thing, after all.