Heron Lake Plateau No distance left to run

She gave her silent acknowledgment. For now, it was nothing more than a pipe dream. It might not even happen when the pups were still pups. Phox just knew he couldn't live with Quixote forever unless something drastically good happened between them, and he didn't feel like it was his responsibility to make that leap. Wasn't it the leader's duty to make sure his underlings were happy and content with their rule?

Fennec played ping-pong between the two parents. And really, that's what he and Towhee were, weren't they? In a way, he felt he had lost Camilla that day she had given birth to Figment and Fenton. She hadn't been the same since then, and he frowned at the thought. Their birth had been her demise, but he couldn't really blame it on them (or even himself now that some time had passed).

Towhee signed again, and his ears perked up. -At least another month,- he said. That was the advice Raven had given him, anyway. They would be a bit stronger, a bit older, and a bit steadier on their feet by then.