Redhawk Caldera I'm leavin' tomorrow, whatdya say?

Her knee-jerk reaction was to disagree, though Towhee didn't say so right away. Instead, she gave it some thought. Who did Rue have in mind? Who could they spare for such frivolities? The word "ambassador" immediately made her think of Meerkat and she wondered if the yearling might be interested.

But then Ruenna volunteered as tribute. This earned a cock of Towhee's head. Could she make that trip? And now that she pictured either one of them—Meerkat or Rue—was it really good idea for them to go alone? Well, there was an obvious solution to that quandary.

"Maybe you and Meerkat could go," the Sovereign thought aloud after a few more beats of contemplative silence.