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germanicus did not answer. towhee had always bordered invasive with her questioning, though he understood it to be a show of camaraderie. at least it had been so in the past.

her older child was here, a younger woman, possibly with a husband and children to come. his mind worked coldly, swiftly. this meant perhaps four months of solitude here before he must move on.

aquillius was not fit to be around others at present.

"epoch too is long gone," he rejoined, though his yellowpaint eyes spared towhee a moment of contrition. "now we are both wanderers. it suits me more these days."