Blacktail Deer Plateau shameika said i had potential

His heart sank when Maegi spoke. Not Prevost, then why would she—oh. Phox blinked, taking a moment to process who this was. Tierra? he asked aloud, remembering the name from Meerkat just days ago. His eyes lingered on the child a while longer, feeling something new and different in his chest. He had missed Towhee terribly, but he hadn’t allowed himself to feel it before, so focused on Niamh and then their children. But this too was his child. Or she should have been. Was he a failure of a father for missing out on all their lives this year? It felt like a punch in the gut.

Phox took a deep breath, trying to find some sort of… something in all of it.

Meerkat told me she was missing; thank you for bringing her here, keeping her safe. I should take her back to the caldera and visit Towhee in a few days. Just as @Meerkat had suggested when he’d last seen her. Now he was a little bit glad he hadn’t immediately followed her advice. Now he could arrive with something to show for his absence, even if it wasn’t who he really wanted to bring back. Was Peregrine even old enough? And would Vesper ever want to come meet the rest of her family?