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She couldn't hear the noises Fiadh made, though nearly the instant her sister began to struggle, Towhee released her grip and stumbled backward. Seeing the pained look on the Pi's face, the Alpha did something rather unusual for her: she whined. Towhee couldn't be sure whether it was the device that was hurting Fiadh or her own futile efforts to remove it. Of course, she could ask, but there weren't many rational thoughts in her head at this moment of panic. She wasn't sure she should touch the youth or the wretched thing around her throat, either, so she just hovered there a moment, sounding like a tire leaking air.

When she finally found her voice, Towhee half-shouted, "Is it hurting you? What is it? Where'd it come from?"