Sun Mote Copse Just like before

-"She was with me, on my shoulder, during the pass's collapse,"- Towhee explained, aware that her brother meant the body but wanting to tell the entire tale. -"She took flight right before it hit but I'm thinking she was injured in the landslide, like, she didn't get airborne in time."- She grimaced. -"And I was stuck for days under those rocks, then in the grove... so I never saw her again after that day, until I found her body when I went to visit Orca's grave. She saw Orca die, you know."- Towhee paused. -"I buried her there, beside her,"- she finished in an uncharacteristically soft voice.

She hadn't quite made eye contact during much of the story, though now she sought the comfort of Phox's gaze. -"I didn't know Rave's pack was that close. I'm happy to hear that, though I..."- But she'd already decided not to dwell on the what ifs and other happenings of the past. There was nothing any of them could do about that now! -"I'll have to go visit her sometime, see her kids. How're they all doing? I guess they're pretty much in their final forms now, huh?"- Towhee queried, trying to inject some lightness back into the conversation.