Hideaway Strath Starfire

If he found her change of heart perplexing, he gave no indication. He readily agreed and Towhee paused to ascertain Elfie, somehow reassured by his cool, confident demeanor. She still misliked the idea of sending her nephew into a dangerous situation and would have strongly preferred to go herself, but that just wasn't in the cards at the moment. And she could easily call for someone else, but who? Towhee couldn't fathom picking anyone else to put at risk either.

He wanted to know how the spotting would work and the Kilonova bobbed her head, happy to explain. "You'll start to climb, very carefully, and I'll watch your back. I'll also keep an eye out for any other dangers, like if I see anything precarious above you or anything like that. It's not ideal..." But what choice did they have, really? They could sit on their tails and wait to die or go stir crazy, or they could take a risk to feel out an escape.