Two Rivers Isle We'll drive until the gas is gone

It didn't take a psychic to dream up that Towhee had probably told horrible stories about what Phox had done to everybody under the sun. The fact that she had immediately spilled the beans about their siblings, especially Titmouse, made him doubtful that she had kept anything to herself about Phox's own piece of shit cowardice. Not that he thought she should have kept it a secret. His low ranking would be enough for others to know that he was not meant to be immediately trusted despite his place among them. He knew that he was here on a strictly trial basis and would not be allowed to stay if he made a misstep that displeased a single other wolf who lived here.

Towhee wasn't the only wolf who knew him, either. Raven, Elwood, Finley, Eljay, and probably a few more he couldn't name would also have known him during the time he fled the pack to avoid war. At the time, it had been an impulse decision. He knew he could have turned around at any moment, but he hadn't, and now he had to live with his decision. Hopefully his return would begin to mend some of those old wounds and though he knew there would be scars, that would be better than the scabs that currently lay over what he had left behind.

A voice caught him off guard just as he was covering the last rabbit in the cache, and he turned to find a blonde wolf staring back at him. Her eyes seemed to blend into her coat, and she held herself in such a way that demanded respect. This was no ordinary pack mate, but a leader. Immediately, Phox lowered himself and showed the proper signs of submission, tucking his tail beneath him and flattening his ears so as not to appear as a threat or insubordinate.

He almost started out in ptero, but he remembered at the last second this was not Towhee. Catching food for the pack, he explained. Considering she had called him "new guy," he assumed she already knew who he was in the broadest sense of the word. Surely the rest of the Redhawks had been told to keep a close eye on the dark silvery Phox.