Hideaway Strath stained coffee mugs

"Dorea," the child's lips told her, right before she explained that her mother was gone and that she wanted to join Asterism Grove. For several beats, Towhee just stared, her expression hard. Her right eye started to twitch a little at the corner.

-"Who is your mother and where did she go? Where did you come from?"- the Kilonova wanted to know, ignoring the pup's bid to join. She wasn't feeling particularly charitable lately, especially toward strange youths. She tended to be more lenient toward the young, certainly, but she was nothing if not pragmatic and would not simply take on some random mouth to feed.