Iktome Plains And I am losing more each day it seems

Phox was suspicious of her tone. Of course he was. He promised himself he wouldn't buy into whatever she was selling. And why was she acting like nothing had happened?!

Women, am I right?

She asked him what it was, and Phox studied the sky a bit longer. He had heard of this thing before, long ago, back before he had reunited with Towhee, before he had met Niamh, before he had met Camilla, before he'd been a father. Back when he'd been a piece of shit coward. That felt like forever ago.

Aurora borealis, he recited from that long-ago lesson, eyes still looking upward. And no, I wouldn't like that. His voice was less soft now as he returned her gaze with one of his own. I came out here to get some time away from... from us. And how gloriously he had failed in doing that. Instead of avoiding the one wolf he'd been trying to, here he was, looking at pretty lights alone with her. Fuck!

Phox considered asking her how things had gone after he left, but he didn't want to bring it up again. Why was she being nice to him all of the sudden? It had to be a trick.