Broken Antler Fen brass devil

I'm gonna assume they eventually got around to intros, lol.

"Bridget," he breathed when her voice called out to him in response, letting him know she was on her way. When she materialized a few minutes later, he said her name again, equal parts enthusiasm and reverence. "Bridget! Hi!" He forgot all about formalities and leaped to his feet, body wiggling.

He went still at her question. "N—" he began to reassure when she cracked a joke. Caracal didn't get it but he laughed anyway. "Nothing's wrong. Well," he went on at her expectant pause, "maybe there is? I'm here about my mom. I figure, you helped Sarnai and maybe you can help her? I can't figure out what's wrong with her. She says it's nothing, but..." His face twisted, demonstrating exactly how he felt about that: Towhee was full of shit.