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He pointed out that herbs weren't readily available yet, which made Towhee think of her conversation with Weejay not so long ago. It made her lip twitch. They were definitely father and daughter. He concluded by saying he would do what he could, including visiting Niamh himself, to which the Regent could only nod approvingly.

Then he questioned her about her own issues, which caught her so off guard that Towhee didn't even have time to feel the usual pain. In fact, she huffed through her nostrils as Eljay's question about a mate. She shook her head, wondering what she should tell him, one brow arched a little as she peered at him speculatively.

"Raven didn't tell me anything other than, 'you're not pregnant,'" Towhee explained. Even her own sister hadn't know the context of the assessment she'd given. "I don't have a mate but during both my heats, I f—slept with several males. I'm talking, like, six or seven," she decided to share, partly so Eljay could understand the scope of it, as well as a little bit for the shock value. "And, obviously, nothing's taken," she finished, waving a forepaw at her clearly not pregnant belly.