Hideaway Strath My piano, the clouds.

Just seconds before she finally located her brother, Rye meandered into view. Towhee was a little surprised to see him, yet happy nonetheless. Her tail waved as he greeted her and, despite a sense of awkwardness, she felt hopeful. He addressed her like a good friend would, which meant a lot to the Kilonova.

-"Too long,"- she agreed with an understanding smile. -"I'm all right,"- she added and meant to bounce the question back at him but Towhee turned her head to acknowledge Phox. The two of them kept so busy lately, they hadn't exchanged more than general small talk in a while.

For this reason, Towhee let out a breath and decided to just throw it out there while she had the chance. -"I wanted to talk to you about making Rue our Beta,"- she said to Phox, lips curling as she amended, -"Or I should say our Fusor, right?"- She glanced over at Rye, not minding that he was here for this, and tossed him another friendly smile to reassure him he wasn't intruding.