Redhawk Caldera Let's go and see the stars, the Milky Way or even Mars.

Oh.  The answer to the question of 'why not' was pretty darn straightforward.  Wraen wasn't here, so Maia couldn't stay.  Somehow she knew that Towhee realized this fact, though, and didn't understand it.  That made this a whole lot harder to respond to, especially when she re-affirmed it as more request than question.

Uhh, I mean, I'd like to.  She answered, losing most of her vibrant enthusiasm under this new weight of uncertainty.  But I have to go back.  Wraen and Arcturus and Penn are all waiting on me.  I can't.  She glanced past Towhee towards Eljay again, who was growing closer, but thankfully not close enough to overhear.  It was a conversation they needed to have, but not one she'd really expected to have like this, with Towhee pulling the explanations out.

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