Heron Lake Plateau Shadows alive.

He said he would go, though there was one last topic he wanted to cover first. Towhee nodded and stared at his mouth, her way of demonstrating that she was listening closely. She didn't move until he was finished, though as soon as his lips fell still, her head moved up and down again, more decisively.

"I agree. I actually spoke to Rave about this not long ago. I don't want to ban anyone from leaving"—well, that was a lie, but Towhee knew it wasn't realistic—"but we should urge them to be cautious, travel in pairs or groups, only go to nearby territories..." Truthfully, Towhee couldn't have agreed more with Quixote on this particular subject. "I'd be happy to train anyone who might need it as well." She wasn't a master mercenary for nothing.

Turning to her Person—and fellow Beta, now—Towhee asked, "What do you think?"