Heron Lake Plateau tip-toeing in the street like dally

Well, that wasn't at all what she'd expected him to say. Towhee blinked, her head jerking backward because she was quite literally taken aback. A moment later, a grin split her face. Her tail thumped. She made an abortive movement toward him, as if about to cuff him or hug him or maybe both, then checked herself. There was still that shit-eating grin though.

"It's piss under the buffalo, Teg," she assured him (which is apparently a wolfish variation of "it's water under the bridge," according to Kat [themoreyouknow.gif]). "We're good."

But the talk of Raven and her own eligibility prompted Towhee to ask, "What about your mom? How do you feel about her rage-quitting as Beta? Has she talked to you about it?" She hadn't seen or heard from her godmother since she'd walked out on the leadership. She knew things would smooth over in the end—a world where she and her godmother were at odds forever? IMPOSSIBRU!—otherwise she would be in an entirely different head space about recent developments. Nonetheless, there was still part of Towhee that was as deeply worried as curious as she regarded her brother.