Heron Lake Plateau 'Cause in this home nobody cries alone.

"Spine," Niamh said and Towhee blinked, then realized she must have meant, "it's fine." Towhee shook her head and didn't answer the next comment, though she went rigid at the words after it. Niamh quickly clarified that she meant Quixote, not Phox, and that was a relief. Towhee frowned at the sentiment, the expression darkening when Niamh explained why she felt the way she did.

"You're definitely not an idiot," the Beta countered, a heated look in her orange eyes. For now, she didn't speak to anything else her Person had just said. Instead, she coaxed in her low, gruff burble, "Tell me what happened, starting with the situation at the borders. What happened with Colt?" She'd heard one spin on this tale but now she wanted to see the events through Niamh's eyes.