Sun Mote Copse Fire and gold.

With impeccable timing, her brother strode into view, making Towhee sit up a little straighter, eventually pushing up into a sit. Her eyes softened as she watched Phox nuzzle Meerkat before making his way over to her. Her life was full of baby daddy drama lately, yet never once had she doubted her decision to treat him as Meerkat's dad. He was so good at it.

-"Meer's a total pain in the ass, as usual,"- Towhee quipped. Of course, their kid was an angel (thatsthejoke.jpg). -"And the chibs, they're just downright ugly,"- she added because Towhee was nothing if not equal opportunity when it came to affectionately ragging on the children in her life.

-"I want to talk to you about something,"- she continued without giving Phox much of a chance to respond. -"We can never know who fathered Meerkat and I really love that you're her dad. But I—"- She faltered, suddenly wondering if Phox even knew this next part explicitly, -"Uh, I banged both Arcturus and Pippin. So it could be one of them. Pip definitely seems to think it's him and he's super butt—unhappy with my decision to let you be her father figure."- Despite herself, her annoyance leaked into her expression and movements.

Drawing in a breath, Towhee finished by saying, -"He lied to Wraen, told her I didn't want him to be part of Meerkat's life. I never said that! I told him he could be her friend. But he's still pissed. And I'd be lying if I said I'm chill about the idea but I was wondering, well... how do you feel about it?"- Would he mind sharing the role? Even if he didn't, would he share her concerns about possibly confusing Meerkat?

Little did she know, he'd actually been there with Wraen and had quite possibly hashed all this out with himself already. Her orange eyes rested patiently on his face, unaware of this and giving him time to come up with an answer.