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As Towhee plodded along the borders, she wondered how she could step up her game once the pups arrived. Although she wanted to be there for her new siblings, perhaps she could take up more patrols and see if her godparents needed help with any particular tasks while they were otherwise preoccupied caring for the newborns. It was probably way too ambitious to offer to act as an interim leader, though Towhee would be more than happy to assume the role unofficially if it simultaneously helped her godparents and proved her fitness for leadership.

She wrapped up her patrol and began loping uphill, eager to fill her rumbling belly. En route to a cache, she stumbled across Lagan sprawled at the top of hillock. She barked a greeting but intended to walk past; her stomach was being very demanding. But something about his contemplative expression struck her, so she slowed and veered to approach him, tail waving and lips curved into a mile.

"Acorn for your thoughts?" she said, having spotted one nearby which she playfully kicked in his direction right before flopping down next to him with an expectant look.