Heron Lake Plateau One hundred bad days

He countered her point about a forest, to which Towhee could only shrug. She trusted his judgment about any and all of this. She couldn't even say why she put her faith in him so completely. She supposed it was because he was her Person and their little ones were her People too. They were the center of her universe nowadays, her sun and stars.

-If you do catch up with him, tell him to come say hi,- Towhee said, then yawned abruptly. -Okay, it's my turn for a nap,- she declared. Since Phox had only just woken up, he could take watch. Meanwhile, she flopped down and snuggled up to Fig and Fen, thoughts of how Raven might take the news soon drifting away into the oblivion of sleep.