Redhawk Caldera I wanna take you into the sunlight.

It took a while, considering how slowly she moved. Her feet were sore as well as swollen, not to mention her huge belly. She had to stop and rest every few minutes. But she eventually caught her comrade's scent and began to track it. She found her near the caldera's rim, coming to a stop down below her as she was equal parts unable and unwilling to make the climb right now.

"Hey, you!" she shouted up to Rue. Towhee almost asked her to come down here, then she remembered the stiff way the Tradesman tended to walk. "Meet in the middle?" she called out instead, picking up her own weary feet and beginning a very careful, sluggish ascent.

At the halfway point, Towhee let her legs relax as she sank gingerly to the ground. She panted a little and looked to Ruenna. "I want to ask you something," she said between breaths. "You've been my advisor, my friend, my second-in-command. What do you think about taking on a new title?" Wait for it. "Baby daddy?"