Heron Lake Plateau have you ever felt the warm embrace

yeah, muttered tegan with a flick of his ears, don’t really know what to do about that.  and he didn’t. part of him wanted to just give up on it, ya know? it was kind of a huge burden on their lives that he just wasn’t sure was worth devoting more of their energy too... but at the same time, god damn did they deserve a little bit of justice, didn’t they?? 

whatever. her silence about bat — as in, where is she? the initial question tegan might’ve expected — only confirmed tegan’s suspicion that towhee knew. 

tegan was quiet for a moment before he finally signed -you knew, didn’t you- he began, expression a little dejected, -you knew why bat wanted to go back to the hollow.- he looked a little hurt, a little angry, when he looked up at her, brow deeply furrowed.

in the distance, quixote howled that he was on his way... not that towhee heard.