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Although she couldn't hear the stranger even if she shouted at the top of her voice, the louder volume meant she enunciated more clearly and now Towhee managed to read her lips. She made no reply to the apology and her expression remained blank when she explained that her mother was too injured to travel. And why is that our problem? asked her snarky inner voice.

But if Elwood and Finley had allowed this, then Towhee couldn't do anything about it. Besides, if she wanted to prove herself as leadership material, she supposed that working on some ambassadorship might make a good impression. With that in mind, the guardian smoothed out her face somewhat and ran her tongue over her lips as she formulated a response.

"Yeah, we're related," Towhee confirmed. Wildfire was her sister, so that made this spry young stranger her niece. But Towhee didn't really consider them family because they weren't Redhawks. Although that begged a question. "Do you use the Redhawk name? And what's your first name? I'm Towhee," she introduced, a little begrudgingly.