Heron Lake Plateau The still, cold world.

They were equally matched when it came to size (*sensible chuckle*), but Towhee clearly had the upper hand when it came to tactics. Before he knew it, she'd slipped out of his grasp and was slapping him right in the face. He did not do it with any amount of thought included, but he stepped forward and licked her nose. Immediately after, a feeling of straight-up exhilarating horror flooded into his stomach. He thought of Camilla and Niamh in the same second for reasons he could not explain, and he stared blankly at Towhee, stunned by his own (involuntary?) actions.