Sun Mote Copse Positively lost me

Phox tried to reason with him, but Fig merely shook his head. Not that what he said wasn't perfectly reasonable, just that it didn't quite resolve the issue. Towhee had left them long before she'd realized she couldn't have any kids and really, that was the issue.

"Then why did she leave us behind?" Fig argued, feeling guilt bitterness slide red hot down his throat as he swallowed, "When we were trapped? She didn't even try to take us with her. She just left us there." He shook his head, hating how upset he was over this because he knew he was wrong to feel it. He just couldn't help it.