Sun Mote Copse Brave as a noun

I know, Niamh. I've been there. He was really hoping to avoid the "me too" card, but she'd set it up for him too easily. At least he managed to avoid saying that it had been his BLIND daughter who had run off. I would have been angry, and it's valid for you to be angry. Phox felt like he was repeating himself over and over again. Hadn't they already had this conversation? He was beginning to understand why all her past relationships had involved yelling, but he was resolved to keep his cool, at least in that department. Being angry is fine; never forgiving me is fine, but I think if you do the latter, you'll find yourself both angry and without a friend. If she did it to everyone she knew, she'd find herself very, very alone, but he didn't go that far. Phox didn't want to try and predict the future that he couldn't control.

He sighed, and that was when he noticed Towhee's approach. Phox gave her an exasperated look, but he didn't move to sign or say anything to her. In fact, he buttoned right up, realizing this conversation might be one of the few between the three stooges that wouldn't involve all three of them. Or maybe it would. Maybe Towhee would find some way to break the ice and release the tension, thick as fog, that hung in the air.