Redhawk Caldera hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

I guess no news is good news, said Alyx, smiling a little more genuinely. She was glad to hear nothing of note was happening at Redhawk Caldera. It meant her family here was spared the brunt of the turmoil that her father was going through, though Alyx would be naive to assume it didn't affect them at all.

Towhee's? she assumed when Fennec mentioned brothers and sisters. Obviously. Niamh was still missing, and that meant Alyx's full siblings were, too. She wondered how Quetzal was getting on, if her twin had ever come back to visit, but was stopped from asking by Fennec's newest news.

Shut. Up! Alyx exclaimed, ribbing her sister suggestively. You, with a kid? That's crazy talk! For some reason, she'd always thought of Fennec as the spinster sort. She would make a good mom, though, if tough. Better than mine, though, thought Alyx with a guilty pang. Who's his lucky dad? Penn?!