Broken Antler Fen redmist

Had he been paying greater attention to Teya, he might've choked on his meal. He was stunned by her admission all the same and sat there, suddenly distracted from thoughts of the caldera and Towhee, by what she was implying.

Her tail's thumping earned a flick of an ear. She stood up and Reyes felt his pulse filling his throat and blocking his ears, unsure of what she was about to do. Teya— he started, but held his tongue when she spoke of hunting, and felt the air grow heavy at the extended implications.

O h .

You—that's, we, uh, he really had no idea what to say to that. Nobody had ever made such a statement about him before. Well, no, that was a lie; he remembered a particularly deep, rasping voice claiming the same, many miles away.

It was enough to turn his stomach.

You know I'm with Towhee. But in the way he said her name, Reyes wasn't sure he believed it.