Sun Mote Copse The thing about kinked tail

"Okay, I will take you off the list then," Wraen's grin grew even wider, as if she was laughing inside about a joke that only she could understand. In truth, she did not consider Arcturus either her property or that she might have any first-hand rights to him. Though it was hard to tell, what would she say or feel, if someone hit on him with serious purposes in mind. Perhaps, she would feel endangered, a little jealous. Or quite the contrary - be glad that the guy had a chance to discover, what other people were like and what he himself wanted. 

"Any other nosy questions?" she asked and, while still looking at Towhee,  continued gnawing on her bone, giving Towhee ample opportunity to fill the silence.