Sun Mote Copse The scene is dead.

He seemed pleased by her words of praise, which pleased Towhee in turn. She meant every word. She thought she might have a bit of a blind spot (kek) for her two firstborns, because she simply couldn't find fault with either one of them. She was very proud and knew she was very lucky to have had a hand in raising two fine young folks. But she couldn't take all the credit, not even most of it. It belonged to their father and even Camilla too, but mostly it was their own doing.

He offered to finish the job and meet up later, to which Towhee replied, "That'd work, though I'd rather hang with you and wrap up this patrol together." He didn't protest and she was glad. She didn't get the chance to hang out with him (or anyone, really) one-on-one as much these days and she didn't want to let this opportunity slip through her fingers, even if part of her always wanted to be with her youngest at any given time.