Sun Mote Copse Brave as a noun

Following her abort! abort! abort! stunt at the borders, Towhee stayed deep within the copse and refused to return to the perimeter until the next day, when surely the coast was clear. She had missed at least two patrols and wanted to get back underway. At the same time, she still really wanted to track down and talk to Niamh. So when she stumbled across her friend's scent en route to the borders, Towhee paused and turned, deciding she would round up her friend and insist she join her for a patrol so they could chat.

When she tracked down Niamh, she saw her friend wasn't alone. Surprise of all surprises, she was with Phox! This time, instead of farting through her face and running away, she froze in her tracks and blinked at the two of them, eyes ping-ponging between their faces, trying to read the room. Were they fighting? Were they about to make out? There was a decided tension in the air but Towhee couldn't get the sense of it just yet.