Redhawk Caldera Bosses are bad, dude

His answer made no sense to her, though she felt her skin prickling indignantly at the inference. What weakness was he referring to? Then it hit her like a club upside the head: he was referring to her deafness. The Blackthorns and Raven had been careful never to treat it like a handicap, just a unique trait of hers. But Towhee knew it was considered a disability and it certainly felt that way at times.

She snorted, not sure what to make of this information. If Fox hadn't died, she would have killed Towhee? That was quite a lot to process. She wondered why Elwood, Finley and Raven had never mentioned any of this, including the slaying of Peregrine's daughter. She shook her head lightly then. Of course they wouldn't have told her any of this, likely to safeguard her (and the other Firebirds) from the uglier truths in life.

Begrudgingly, she appreciated Nightjar for not censoring the facts. And it took her a moment to absorb what he'd said and read between the lines. "What?" she replied automatically when he mentioned a secret, then added, "Why would she have killed you? What didn't she know?"