Sun Mote Copse Record scratch, freeze frame.

Generally, 'me too' was something said in response to "I'm doing alright," so at first, Niamh passed it off as a knee-jerk reply. It wasn't unlike Niamh to ask how someone was doing- after she'd already said she was doing alright- and then tack that on to the end of their reply, whatever it was. But something akin to a record scratch played in her mind when Towhee was only halfway through asking where the name Nellie had come from that caused Niamh to stop abruptly and look at Towhee quizzically. 

"What d'you mean 'you too'?" She asked. She'd not noticed anything about Towhee before- so she quickly glanced over her friend, but sure enough- no signs that Towhee's frame had changed to show that she'd nursed pups at all this season. She tried to think of when she'd chosen to leave the Plateau, and the last time she'd seen Towhee- and there was no way she could have gotten pregnant, nursed her pups, and then gotten back into shape that fast. 

If she did- Niamh would've been the first to ask her for her secret. The joys of motherhood aside, Niamh wanted to be a hot Mama. She wanted her kids to experience the dreadful burden of having a hot mom. 

Without hesitation, she thrust her muzzle forward- almost indignantly, still a bit scorned by the fact that Towhee might look this good and normal after having had kids- and inhaled. She could smell Phox, but there were others whose scents lingered on Towhee's pelt that she didn't recognize. And there was a certain eau de bébé that was that came with having kids, and seemed to hang on them until they learned how to groom themselves...And began to actually do so, which could take over a year. But she didn't get it. She tilted her head to the side and scoured her friend's face expectantly- one eyebrow lifted, and her tail began to wave from side to side excitedly. "You got kids too?!" She demanded, her honey eyes pressing Towhee for an answer- no more of this cryptic stuff. 

Despite the shock, she was already overjoyed by the thought of Towhee having kids at the same time that Niamh had them. Bronco and Nellie having oodles of Blackthorn cousins in the pack was one thing- but having cousins over in the Plateau, mothered by Towhee was something else altogether. Hell yes, playdates were going to happen.