Redhawk Caldera Die young.

Towhee didn't pay a bit of attention to Rue's offer, and the specialist remembered belatedly that her suggestion would go unheard so long as Towhee's eyes remained upon her loss. 

At long last, Towhee twisted herself around to address Ruenna, and her advisor's ears twitched to attention. Empathy filled her expression at Towhee's flat admission. "Sometimes--" Sometimes these things just happen, Rue meant to say.. not that it would have been all that comforting. However, Towhee interrupted her sorry attempt at consolation with her request for Rue to watch the children. 

Rue nodded. Towhee asked her to call for Reyes, and after only the briefest hesitation, she nodded again. She moved to the mouth of the Hobbit Hole to call for @Reyes, attempting to keep the pain from her shaking voice. Even if Rue had managed to keep her tone entirely even, it would be clear to any who heard the call that tragedy had struck, by virtue of the early hour and the urgency with which she summoned Towhee's mate.