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Her nose scrunched a little at his careless reply. Even though she had never met her parents and didn't remember anything at all about Oriole or Stoat, she didn't not care about them. They were still her loved ones and she always treasured the stories told about them. How could Birk stand there and act like his family simply didn't matter at all? It didn't jive well with the youngster whose family was the center of her life.

"You're weird," she declared baldly. She felt a little defensive about his entire attitude. "They're not around anymore and I don't 'need' them but my parents and brother and sister—they matter." Towhee snorted as if challenging him to refute this.