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Names could be unfathomable gobbledygook to Towhee, so she (only slightly impatiently) said, ”Yes. Spell out the names, please.” Assuming Blixen obliged her, she would try them out loud—later, when there wasn’t an outsider present to judge her.

Introductions has been exchanged and there wasn’t much more Towhee cared to know. She wasn’t one to small talk. But Blixen showed no sign of leaving, nor did the rest of her pack, for that matter. The guardian glanced at them in the distance and sighed.

”Patrol with me,” she said, the lack of inflection and tone making it unclear if it was a command or an invitation. ”At least make yourself useful while you’re loitering,” Towhee added, clearing up that little mystery.