Heron Lake Plateau have you ever felt the warm embrace

She didn't mention his apparent cameo at the Firebirds' borders, nor how he'd apparently sassed Kiwi. That didn't really matter much to her right now. But her lips prepared to form about a hundred other questions when Tegan beat her to the punch. And speaking of punches, it sort of felt like someone sank one right into her but when he explained some of the reasoning behind his absence.

Towhee made a strange sort of noise that might've been the word, "Ah." Her eyes darkled considerably and she spat, "Fuck," in the next breath. Otherwise, she was sort of at a loss of words here.