Hideaway Strath More today than yesterday

She wasn't on the ground long before Fig attacked her with his kisses. Towhee didn't immediately react, although slowly her breathing slowed and evened. She unfurled slightly, though she did not rise, her stricken eyes eventually finding her boy's face. Nah, she thought in counter to her immediately previous notion, you haven't.

"Thanks, Fig," she murmured when she could find her voice. Phox and Fen had also settled close by and Towhee shot her brother an apologetic grimace, saying nothing.

When she felt she could handle it, the mercenary slipped back onto her feet. "What do you need me to do?" she queried of Phox, her flamed eyes begging for some task to throw herself into so she could stop thinking and feeling so much.