Redhawk Caldera how the hell does a broken heart get back together when it's torn apart.

Lagan could tell how hard Finley was trying to be happy for him, but the smile on her face wasn't one of the happy ones. That was the kind he yearned for, not the fake kind. He wanted to see her smile like she did when Liffey was still here, when everybody was still here. It seemed like so many people had left, people who he thought would be there with him forever. Uncle Pee, Aunt Fox, Stoat then Oriole, all of the other firebird boys, and now Liffey. How could Liffey have done this to them, how could she have left, and without a word to her own twin?

He nodded with a smile of his own, fake like Finley's but a smile all the same. He went and flipped down beside him mom, rolling over to face her. At least he still had his mom. If her, or papa or Eljay left he would be truly heartbroken. Trying to lift both of their spirits, he batted playfully at his Finley's nose his fake smile becoming a sort of grin. A grin was better than a fake smile any day, so the situation was improving already. It only got better when Towhee appeared on the scene.

He rolled back over to face her, still nestled in the crook Finley had made for him. Towhee paused for a moment, like a nervous actor would at the beginning of her show, then she said, "knock knock." Lagan understood immediately that this was the set up to a joke, even though she lacked any sort of inflection. He knew a joke when he heard one. A big smile lit up his face, Who's there? He replied.